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Australia's model for chronic disease management aims to ensure the delivery of care during the continuum.... As defined by the World Health Organisation, a chronic disease is one, which is of permanent nature with residual disability and caused by irreversible pathological changes.... ince cancer diseases especially lung cancer and colorectal cancer are not being managed at the primary care level, this paper will choose cancer as one chronic disease that is impacting the country's health care system....
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percent of the australian population is indigenous.... About 11 to 60 percent of the indigenous students suffer from hearing loss [Prevention of hearing impairment from chronic Otis media, n.... There are several policies and strategies implemented by the government to increase the level of education among indigenous Australians with hearing impairment.... There are various policies and strategies implemented by the government and the non-government organization to curb this issue of education among such people....
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It is a policy framework for the government and state territory governments in collaboration with the non-governmental agencies to improve health and reduce costs caused by tobacco (australian government, Department of Health, 2013).... The national Tobacco strategy 2012 – 2018 was developed as a sub-strategy of the larger National Drug strategy 2010 – 2015.... As Collins (2009) further says, the use of tobacco leads to a greater risk of cancer, cardiovascular diseases, and lung disease....
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(the australian, 2010)• Secondly, the government could include local communities in policy planning of expenditure in health care.... (the australian, 2010).... Kevin Rudd, has outlined a radical strategy to grab the administration of the defunct hospital structure in order to resolve the ongoing dispute with the states.... For example, obesity, a controllable disease, negatively impacts the productivity of individuals,' notably the younger generation....
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This brief is a synopsis of the australian Healthcare System as it currently stands and the proposed reforms that the government proposes to make.... However, there is a looming threat to the system in form of an aging population, the increasing incidence of chronic illness, and the health care system does not keep up with the needs of the population.... There is widespread consensus that the focus of health care should be on deterrence and more effective management of chronic illness (DoHA, 2006) & (WHO, 2005)....
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According to some researchers, diabetes is a silent pandemic and the fastest growing chronic disease in entire Australia.... According to some researchers, diabetes is a silent pandemic and the fastest growing chronic disease in entire Australia.... Type 1 diabetes is the most common chronic disease in children and the highest rates are reported in Australia.... According to the australian Bureau of statistics research carried out in 2007/2008, about 30 Western Australians develop and are diagnosed with diabetes every day and approximately 120,000 have been diagnosed (ABS, 2009)....
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Being among the rest of the developed countries, the culture and lifestyles of the australian people have been influences by the immigrants whose presence is highly noticeable in the country.... According to the australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) the indigenous population of Australia is estimated at slightly above five hundred and forty thousand as per the 2011 census.... he prevalence of the drastic change from the healthy traditional diet among the australian people have been as a result of various factors brought together....
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However, the changing lifestyles and such advances have led to higher incidences of chronic disease.... Thus, the management of chronic disease is a great priority for any country that is aimed at reducing the burden of the systems of health care and increasing the quality of life.... Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC, 2008) define chronic disease as a condition that once acquired is not cured.... Based on this information, it is clear that chronic disease is one of the most important challenges that face health systems not just in Australia but throughout the world....
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