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Medicine in Australia is one of the components
of the history of this country.
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A wooden construction of the first hospital institution
appeared at the end of XVIII century in the
early period of development of its territory
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The first brick hospital was built in the
central part of the city of Sydney in 1816.
In the middle of the XIX century. Hospitals were built not only in large cities (Sydney, Melbourne, Brisbane, Adelaide, Perth, Hobart, Darwin), but in some villages.
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Nowadays Australia is among the countries with highly
developed health care system . Most of modern large
state hospitals are placed in specially constructed complexes.642 public hospitals and 265 private institutions operated in Australia in 2010 years.
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The Australian Health System includes several levels of
care:
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Medical care is available through the public system
of health insurance “Medicare”. Health services and mainly free
of charge. The average cost of patient day in public hospital is about 600-700 Australian dollars.
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About 24000 employees are working in public hospitals
(full-time),among them-more than 10.000 nurses.
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More than half of financing of hospitals(62,4 %)
is spent for salaries of staff
The average annual salary
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The cost of surgery is quite high about
100.000-300.000Australian dollars. Complex operations such as organ transplants are
expensive .They cost 300.000-500.000 Australian dollars.
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Catering in public hospitals is at a sufficiently
high level. As a rule, the hospital offered a
three-fold diet. The food is delivered directly to the ward.
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The Royal Flying Doctors Service
The large area of
Australia (more than 7.15 million sq. km.) And the
territorial remoteness of many small towns and farms has caused serious difficulties in providing emergency medical care and hospitalization of residents
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The solution of this problem was "The Royal
Flying Doctors Service» .It was founded in May,1928 by
John Flynn. It has 21 bases. National Bureau of service is based in Sydney.
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Nealth Care Complaints Commission - HCCC
If the patient
is dissatisfied with the provision of services, attitude of
staff, he or his relatives have the right to appeal to a special commission – HCCC. ).It is independent from the Department of Health.
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All potential clients of this system are divided
into Australian citizens, those have a visa, foreign students,
tourists and contract workers. But in spite of everything no one will leave you lying in the street , if there is no an insurance policy in your wallet . Pick up , cure-only then will find out who are you , and what your name is.