Achievements in, and barriers to health reform
Key objective
The purpose is to monitor the implementation of Australia’s current health reforms through surveys of clinicians, managers and opinion leaders to identify achievements and perceived barriers to implementation
The project aims to monitor the implementation of Australia’s current health reforms by surveying clinicians, managers and opinion leaders to identify what has been achieved and what barriers they perceive as the reform implementation progresses. An understanding of what is happening throughout the system, in state health authorities, in regional agencies, at the local level, and at the clinical interface can provide a rapid review of how implementation is progressing, and can identify issues and barriers that need addressing as further reform is effected. The first phase of the research is underway; it involves an online survey of managers and other decision makers from within commonwealth and state bureaucracies, local health authorities, hospitals, community health services, and other relevant agencies, to collect data on attitudes and views of the reforms at the early stages.
Funding source
UTS Partnership Grant
CHERE staff
Jane Hall, Kees van Gool, Patsy Kenny
Collaborators
Prue Power1, Terrie Paul1
1. Australian Healthcare and Hospitals Association
