The universal health care system has been introduced in health care operations to assist in making sure that medical professionals carry out their tasks effectively to attain company objectives and requirements of individuals in the society. The government administrators in Australia have implemented the system, which has been essential in guaranteeing that the life expectancy of people has been increased and the number of mortalities reduced over the years. However, there are challenges that have also been associated with the application of the universal health care system in the nation, which includes the fact that the nation has experienced an increase in its expenses.. Despite the problems associated with the system, medical professionals have explained the concept that it is essential in various operations undertaken in the health care centres, and it should be adopted by other nations across the globe. The study aims at illustrating the universal health care system in Australia, the market model and the way the strategies have assisted in improving diverse operations in the nation. Despite the notion that the system has been effective in improving how operations are carried out by the health care professionals, it is evident that there are some challenges that have been faced by the government administrators, which include increased expenses affecting the amount of resources and its distribution in the industries.
Universal Health Care System and Market Model
Universal health care system entails a structure developed and implemented in the medical industry with an aim of providing medical services to citizens of a nation. In most instances, the federal government helps in making sure that all people in various communities have been provided with the services without discrimination. There are nations where universal health care services have not been adopted, but where the practice has been applied, the operations are funded by the government administrators by payroll and general income taxes (Willis, Reynolds & Keleher, 2016). The health care that has been made universal in nations across the globe include the systems in Australia. The government administrators support TRICARE, Medicaid, and Medicare as some of the universal health care services in the nation (Hall, 2015).
The market model has been developed to assist in explaining the principle of market portfolio and the security requirements that need to be implemented when increasing the extent of responsiveness in any business environment (Willis, Reynolds & Keleher, 2016). The statement provided in the market model illustrates that the return on a security activity is highly dependent on the security responsiveness levels as well as the market portfolio in various firms in the nation. The model has been applied in diverse medical departments and research illustrates that it has been effective in strengthening the legislative, community and health systems that have been developed to care for women in Australia with female genital mutilation among other conditions (Dawson, Varol, Turkmani, Hall & Black, 2017).
How Universal Health Care relates to the Australian Health Care Systems
The introduction of the market model in the universal health care services has helped in ensuring that there are reduced amounts of costs applied when carrying out projects and handling issues with diverse private health insurers. The purpose of guidelines provided by the government administrators is to ensure that the prices of medical services and medication have been controlled through regulation and negotiation (Perkins et. al., 2015). In Australia, the universal health care system has been improving over the years, and it has been ranked among the highest in the recent statistics and analysis carried out by scientists.
The universal health care system has been found to relate to Australia’s health care system, and research explains various concepts including the notion that the system introduced in the nation is under pressure. The universal health care system is aimed at providing clients services at relatively low costs and eliminates most of the administrative costs that are provided by the health insurers from private institutions. Therefore, the medical professionals are only expected to work with a government agency that has been recommended in the nation. The system has also been applied in the treatment and handling of children issues, and has been found effective. Despite the notion that the system leads to an increase in demands in the society and expenses encountered by government administrators, it is evident that it has created an immense impact on various activities undertaken in the medical institutions in Australia (Mechinaud, Quang & Cayrol, 2016).
Complexity of the Australian Health Care Systems
The economic activities in Australia have been adversely affected by the introduction of universal health care services in the medical industry, which also influences activities undertaken in the market. The government administrators have developed strategies that have been explained to assist in reducing and managing wastes from diverse tasks undertaken in the health care facilities to improve effectiveness in attaining the requirements of clients in the society (Chartier, 2014). However, the system has created a negative impact on the national progress since it drains the economy with the increased spending incurred by the government in solving health issues.
New and alternative proposals have been introduced in Australia to help in improving the healthcare industry operations, which is a positive contributor through the exports, employment, GDP and innovation to the national economy. Over the years, statistics have indicated that Australia has the potential to acquire its resources and services from other nations by selling different telehealth and telemedicine services. The process will help in making sure that the country can capture and invest in the growing medical tourism market and foreign hospitals, as well as diverse health care institutions across the globe (World Health Organization, 2015).
Strengths and Weaknesses of Universal Health Care System in Australia
A comparison carried out between Australia and other health systems in various countries indicated that the health care system in Australia has been ranked among the highest. The improvement started in 2013 when it was ranked the seventh and later the sixth in 2014, and its life expectancy has been rated seventh since then. The level at which the nation’s citizens have been explained to perceive their social well-being, mental and physical conditions has also been ranked at the highest of the Better Life Index of the Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) (Mossialos, Wenzl, Osborn & Sarnak, 2015).
The health care system that has been implemented in Australia has helped in introducing increased amounts of benefits to the population, which also entails a longer life expectancy according to the medical practitioners. According to the data and statistics provided by the government administrators, it has been noted that the average life expectancy has been estimated to be 96.6 years for women and 95.1 years for men. The nation is also expected to experience improved operations when handling infants and the mortality rate will be falling from an approximate value of 1,264 to 1,094 that will also help in increasing the number of persons in the society. The facts and statistics have been collected by scholars over the years, and they have been beneficial in promoting issues related to universal health care in Australia and how the team has applied it in various departments (Chrisopoulos, Harford & Ellershaw, 2016).
The application of universal health systems in Australia has created both positive and negative impacts on the society based on statistics that have been carried out over the years. The standards of operations in various health care centres in Australia have been improving, which has led to a longer life expectancy in the nation. The number of deaths among infants has also been reduced and there is an expected increase in the population. Despite the notion that the Australian government and medical practitioners aim at making sure that individuals in the society remain active for longer periods to better health, it is evident that the demands of the older populations will be inevitable within the health care system. Therefore, there will be a significant population of the elderly that will suffer from degenerative diseases as well as chronic illness, which will require long hours and days of stay at the hospital for follow-up care. Statistics have indicated that clients between the age ranges of sixty to seventy-nine receive highest pay-outs of various benefits provided in the health care centres in Australia (Willis, Reynolds & Keleher, 2016).
(World Health Organization, 2015)
The figure above illustrates the levels at which health expenses have been rising in various nations according to OECD health data that was analysed in 2010. The government administrators in Australia have tried to make sure that there is an increased focus on implementing the universal health care system, which will assist in guaranteeing that the nation attains first class world-class health care operational services so as to face various challenges that have been highlighted by the medical professionals.
The complexity experienced within the Australian health care systems is based on the concept that the government is expected to increase the amounts of resources being spent to cater for health care services in various centres. For instance, scientists developed a review in December 2015, commonly understood as the Hambleton Review, which explains how the government developed new hospitalization measures for individuals. However, the chronic conditions of the persons could be avoided and the measures carried out by the government could not have been applied (Folland, Goodman & Stano, 2016).
Conclusion
The application of universal health care systems should be introduced in various medical facilities in the international market. However, stern measures should also be taken into consideration by the government administrators to ensure that there are reduced cases of risk and losses being encountered as a result of the new strategies. It is evident that there are some issues faced by the Australian government administrators as a result of applying the universal health care systems in their market model, which is aimed at guaranteeing improved operations and an increased level of life expectancy among the elderly persons in the society. The processes entailed in increasing life expectancy also requires that expenses are increased in the nation as a result of the number of days the older persons will be required to stay at the hospital facility for care and provision of services that will help them carry out their activities.
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