Title The ageing Australian population and future health costs: 1996-2051 / ... prepared by Clive Cooper and Philip Hagan

Published Canberra : Department of Health and Aged Care, 1999

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W'PONDS	362.10994 Coo/Aap		AVAILABLE

Description vi, 42 pages : illustrations ; 30 cm regular print Series Department of Health and Aged Care occasional papers. New series, 1329-4407 ; no. 7 Department of Health and Aged Care occasional papers series ; New series no. 7 Contents 1. Introducton -- 2. Projecting health costs -- 3. Hospital costs -- 4. Medicare costs -- 5. Pharmaceutical costs -- 6. Combined costs -- 7. Conclusion Summary This study projects future health costs attributable to the progressive ageing of the Australian population based on extensive administrative data on medical practitioner visits (to GPs and specialists), prescription drug consumption and hospital admissions. Scenarios based on these cost data were applied to projections of the Australian population by age and sex out to 2051 by which time the transient effects of the 'baby-boom' cohort will have worked their way through the system Analysis Aged Aged care Costs Federal issue Health care Hospitals Medicare Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme Population ageing State issue Statistics Trends, Long term Notes "August 1999" Bibliography Includes bibliography Notes Also available online via the World Wide Web Commonwealth of Australia 1999 Subject Older people -- Care -- Australia -- Costs. Older people -- Medical care -- Australia. Medical care, Cost of -- Australia. Older people -- Medical care -- Australia -- Costs. SUBJECT Australia. https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D001315 Author Hagan, Philip. Australia. Department of Health and Aged Care. ISSN 1329-4407 ISBN 0642394571

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