Financing Maternity and Early Childhood Healthcare in The Australian Healthcare System: Costs to Funders in Private and Public Hospitals Over the First 1000 Days

• Main Authors: Emily Callander (Author), Antonia Shand (Author), David Ellwood (Author), Haylee Fox (Author), Natasha Nassar (Author)
• Formato: Livro
• Publicado em: Kerman University of Medical Sciences, 2021-09-01T00:00:00Z.
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BackgroundMaternity care is a significant contributor to overall healthcare expenditure, and private care is seen as a mechanism to reduce the cost to public funders. However, public funders may still contribute to part of the cost of private care. The paper aims to quantify (1) the cost to differen...