Health Policy in the Market State

Introduces the major issues in health policy in Australia, setting them in the broader public policy context.

Linda Hancock teaches in the Centre for Public Policy at the University of Melbourne.

Acknowledgements Contributors Tables Abbreviations 1 Rights and markets - Linda Hancock I ANALYSING HEALTH POLICY 2 Policy, power and interests - Linda Hancock 3 Health, public sector restructuring and the Market State - Linda Hancock II FINANCING HEALTH 4 Commonwealth/State relations in health - Stephen Duckett 5 Health care funding and rationing health care - Linda Hancock/Paul Mackey 6 Consumer payments for health care - Sophie Hill III MARKET STATE REFORM AGENDAS 7 Casemix: financing hospital services - Mary Draper 8 Contracting out in the health sector - Michael Muetzelfeldt 9 Shifts in community health care - Janine Smith IV CATERING FOR THE DIVERSITY OF HEALTH CARE NEEDS AND INTERESTS 10 Performance indicators for Aboriginal health services - Ian Anderson/Maggie Brady 11 Women's health in a changing state - Philomena Horsley/ Sonya Tremellen/Linda Hancock 12 Health indicators for diversity - Liz Eckerman 13 Shifts in me