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| Health insurance reform and older Australians | | Author(s) | Jeromey Temple |
| Journal title | Australasian Journal on Ageing, vol 25 no 2, June 2006 |
| Publisher | Blackwell Publishing, June 2006 |
| Pages | pp 63-68 |
| Source | http://www.cota.org.au / http://www.blackwellpublishingasia.com |
| Keywords | Health insurance ; Social policy ; Australia. |
| Annotation | Data from Australia's Private Health Insurance Administrative Council and the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) are used to estimate cross-sectional and cohort shifts in health insurance coverage among people aged 55+. This study has three aims, the first to document the changing proportion of older people with health insurance in a period of policy change. Second, is to examine why older people do and do not purchase health insurance. Third, is to discuss these findings in relation to implications for current and future cohorts of older people. Prior to the recent reforms, approximately 17% of people aged 55+ had hospital health insurance compared with 45% in 2001, with considerable variation in coverage by age and sex. Health insurance coverage has increased among older Australians, albeit disproportionately. Affordability remains a key issue for older Australians and may become more problematic for future age cohorts. (RH). |
| Accession Number | CPA-070109209 A |
| Classmark | WPG: TM2: 7YA |
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