Understanding the health care system

Health care in Australia is a ‘blended’ system funded by federal and state government as well as private health insurance.

What is Medicare?
Learn about Australia's primary health care funder
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What are the types of health care?
Find out about primary, secondary and tertiary health care
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What are Primary Health Networks?
Find out about Victoria's Primary Health Networks (PHNs)
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Latest news

Unfinished Business: National Mesh Implant Forum
The National Mesh Implant Forum will be held in Melbourne on Friday April 5, 2019, to consider all aspects of Australia’s mesh implant crisis.
Open Letter to the Australian Commission on Safety and Quality in Health Care
A letter has been submitted to the Australian Commission on Safety and Quality in Health Care asking the Commission to comprehensively address the recommendations tabled in the Senate Report.
Senate Inquiry report into transvaginal mesh implants released
Long awaited report on impact of mesh implants released

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