Students are required to integrate relevant policies and Investigative project: Students will complete a research project that examines the differences and limitations between public versus private...

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RESEARCH PROJECT ON THE DIFFERENCE AND LIMITATIONS BETWEEN PUBLIC VERSUS PRIVATE HEALTHCARE
Table of Contents
Introduction    3
The Healthcare System in Australia    3
Comparison Between Private and Public Hospital    4
Policy Related to Healthcare System    6
Importance of Multidisciplinary Healthcare Delivery in Australia    8
Conclusion    10
References    11
Introduction
There has been a longstanding debate regarding the global health concern and also regarding the selection of the appropriate healthcare sector among private and public sector to create a balance and also to provide the healthcare service to the population of Australia. In the recent years there has been a continuous debate regarding the efficiencies among the private and public healthcare system because of the impact of global recession over Australia and also the implementation of certain major policy changes in the Australian healthcare sector. In this research paper the discussion is done mainly over the major differences and limitations between the private and public healthcare sector and also the relevant policies and the political debate that may impact over the Australian healthcare system. Further the evaluation will also be done over the importance of multidisciplinary healthcare delivery system in Australian healthcare sector.
The Healthcare System in Australia
The healthcare system in Australia is basically consist of both governments funded public healthcare and privately funded healthcare system. As discussed by Dixit and Sambasivan (2018) the healthcare system in Australia is mainly covered by the government funded Medicare system, and anyone who avails the Medicare number are eligible to get admission for free of charge as a public patient in any of the public healthcare facility for treatment if deemed clinically necessary. The Medicare facility provided by the government also covers the cost of consulting a general physician and specialist along with the cost of medicine also covered under Medicare facility.
In the private healthcare system in Australia, patients will receive more choices regarding the kind of care service they opt for. Rozbroj et al. (2019) have discussed that the choice of care service includes the selection of doctors along with the selection of the type of treatment required. The facilities also include the shorter waiting period for availing the treatment along with the facility to avail the private rooms and other optional services to make the stay much comfortable. The private health insurance includes the hospital cover, will most likely to cover a lot of cost during the hospital stay. Compared to private hospital, in public hospital of Australia are typically considered to be of very high standard along with the highly trained medical professional along with the world class facilities. As discussed by McCray et al. (2018) the public healthcare system in Australia provides much better medical facilities compared to the private healthcare system, and the public healthcare system is much more equipped compared to the private healthcare in handling complex cases. One of thee most important aspect in the public healthcare facility is the most of the treatment comes free of cost, whereas in private healthcare facility the treatment cost is much higher, which may not be affordable to a huge number of population, particularly the Indigenous group of people. However, one of the major drawbacks of the public healthcare facility is that the patient had to wait a longer period of time for elective and non-urgent surgery, which are the terms used for the non-emergent surgery, which is necessary medically, however, it can be delayed for around 24 hours.
Comparison Between Private and Public Hospital
There are significant differences between the private and public healthcare facilities in Australia, which is mentioned in the table below:
    
    Private Patient in a Private Hospital
    Public Patient in a Public Hospital
    Accommodation type
    The patient generally stays in the private room, depending on the availability of the room, and also the coverage extent of insurance or the cost beard by the patient
    The patient will have to either share the room or the private accommodation depending on the availability and the nature of the admission of the patient
    Choice of doctor
    The patient has the choice to select their doctor from whom they like to have the treatment
    The treatment of the patient will be generally done by the available doctor during the time of admission
    Choice of treatment
    The patient has the liberty to choose specific type of treatments if multiple choice of treatment option is available
    There will certain options received by the patient, however, most of the treatment recommended by the treating doctor
    Waiting periods
    The waiting period is avoided in the private hospital. However,...