Describe Australia's Health Care System

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One can describe Australia’s health care system as a multi-faceted web of both public and private providers, settings, participants and supporting mechanisms. Australia has a number of health providers similar to those in the United States. These include medical practitioners, nurses, allied and other health professionals, hospitals, clinics and government and non-government agencies. These health care providers distribute services with in different levels of the health care spectrum from public health and preventative services in the community, to primary care, emergency health services, hospital-based treatment, and rehabilitation. In Australia different levels of government provide public sector health services. This includes the local,