Australia’s health system is a 20th century design, focusing on treating traumatic injury, infectious diseases and single diseases. Today, one in two Australians lives with one or multiple chronic diseases.

Our policy and research outlines the health system changes needed to meet modern day health problems, with a key focus on chronic disease prevention and management.

Paper

Towards universal & sustainable national health insurance

1 November 2015

The paper considers the current state of financing of health services in Australia, relevant to chronic disease and the ageing of the population, and proposes a policy implementation roadmap for the Australian system.

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Report

Chronic Diseases in Australia: Blueprint for Preventive Action

1 July 2015

This forum report summarises the key themes from the forum held in June 2015 to explore how targets and indicators can work in chronic disease prevention.

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