Australia’s population is ageing, and requiring more primary care than ever with more people living with a chronic disease, and spending more time in ill health.
This amount ranked Australia in 15th place in terms of health spending as a proportion of GDP out of 38 other OECD nations.
That’s expected to increase, with health authorities saying more people will likely have multiple chronic conditions.
“[It is] due to the common risk factors and disease pathways that chronic conditions share,” the report read.
It was the first time in more than half a century that an infectious disease has been in the top five leading causes of death in Australia.
“The continuous trend of life expectancy improvement, maybe running out of steam a bit,” he said.
The original article contains 790 words, the summary contains 126 words. Saved 84%. I’m a bot and I’m open source!
This is the best summary I could come up with:
Australia’s population is ageing, and requiring more primary care than ever with more people living with a chronic disease, and spending more time in ill health.
This amount ranked Australia in 15th place in terms of health spending as a proportion of GDP out of 38 other OECD nations.
That’s expected to increase, with health authorities saying more people will likely have multiple chronic conditions.
“[It is] due to the common risk factors and disease pathways that chronic conditions share,” the report read.
It was the first time in more than half a century that an infectious disease has been in the top five leading causes of death in Australia.
“The continuous trend of life expectancy improvement, maybe running out of steam a bit,” he said.
The original article contains 790 words, the summary contains 126 words. Saved 84%. I’m a bot and I’m open source!