Healthcare Policy Systems: Hong Kong, Australia

VOUCHERS FOR THE ELDERLY

Healthcare Policy Systems in Hong Kong and Australia

Primary Health Care for the Elderly in Hong Kong

Primary care is the starting point in the healthcare process (PCO, 2011). A good one is made available to the public for a comprehensive, holistic, coordinated and in locations accessible to where people live or work. It also provides preventive care and optimal disease management. In Hong Kong, approximately 70% of clinical consultations are made with primary care practitioners belonging to the private sector. The public sector, on the other hand, acquires primary care from hospitals through outpatient services and the Department of Health for preventive public health services, health promotion and disease prevention and management programs and services (PCO; Woo, 2007).

Primary care has been emphasized as a priority in international for a and reports, such as the 1978 International Conference on...
[ View Full Essay]