Health services research in Australia

Health services research in Australia.

The long-awaited Wills Implementation Committee Report (CoA 2000), which was completed by November last year, has now been released. Wills’ earlier Report (CoA 1998) identified the need for the development of health services research capacity in Australia, and this new Report recommends how this should be done, through the establishment and support of several large multi-disciplinary centres. T...

Health services management education in South Australia.

In December 1994 the Australian College of Health Service Executives (SA Branch) sought 'a needs analysis for health management training programs within South Australia'. Although the college was interested in a range of matters, the central issue was whether the current Graduate Diploma in Health Administration (or a similar course) would continue to be provided in Adelaide. The college provid...

Assessing the capacity of the health services research community in Australia and New Zealand

BACKGROUND: In order to profile the health services research community in Australia and New Zealand and describe its capacity, a web-based survey was administered to members of the Health Services Research Association of Australia and New Zealand (HSRAANZ) and delegates of the HSRAANZ's Third Health Services Research and Policy Conference. RESULTS: Responses were received from 191 individuals (...

Depression in multicultural Australia: Policies, research and services

BACKGROUND Depression is one of the leading causes of disability in Australia. The cultural and linguistic diversity of the Australian population poses a significant challenge to health policy development, service provision, professional education, and research. The purpose of this study is to explore the extent to which the fact of cultural and linguistic diversity has influenced the formulati...

Integrated health research centres for Australia.