How many Australians have private health insurance? It’s common for expats to base their lifestyle decisions in their new country on what the locals do. When in Rome! Well, when it comes to private health insurance, the majority of the Australian population have decided it’s a sensible pu...
Health services are a basic necessity for a person. Private companies have made health services quite costly for ordinary individuals. Do the advantages of private health care outweigh its disadvantages? Give reasons for your answer and include any relevant examples from your own knowledge or experien...
More than two and a half million Australians travel overseas on short‐term visits every year. Despite the information available on prevention of health problems, there is little data on how many and which Australians travel abroad without health and safety information. The aim of the study was ...
Evaluating the economic impact of “social distancing” measures taken to arrest the spread of COVID-19 raises a fundamental question about the modern economy: how many jobs can be performed at home? We classify the feasibility of working at home for all occupations and merge this classification...
Healthcare affordability is a challenge for many. I've accepted the fact I must pay over $20,000 a year for health insurance premiums for a family of four. I understand that Obamacare was constructed so that those who are not poor can help subsidize those who are poor so they can get...
Given the current economic climate, including rising inflation and cost-of-living pressures, and continued COVID-19 effects, many Australians are likely to continue to depend on these services to meet basic needs.To better understand the pressures nonprofit organizations are under, ...
Many vulnerable citizens, including people living with a disability, First Nations Australians, and those without a fixed address, are being left behind by public and private sector services because of outdated methods of identity verification. A digital identity can help close this ...
have also received considerable funding. The UHRP has brought in main leaders of the WUC such as Nury Turkel and Omer Kanat. Many holding senior management positions in the NED have joined the UHRP, such as former NED Vice President Louisa Greve, now serving as Director of Global Advocacy ...
Falls byolder adultscost Australia's health systems $2.5 billion each year and can have devastating personal consequences, with 130,000 older Australians hospitalized for a fall and 5,000 Australians dying from a fall each year. There is no current national strategy on preventingfalls. ...
We're living longer than in previous generations, with one in eight Australians aged over 85. But the current gap between life expectancy ("lifespan") and health-adjusted life expectancy ("healthspan") is about 10 years. This means many of us live with s