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Efficient funding: a path to improving Aboriginal healthcare in Australia?

Content Provider	World Health Organization (WHO)-Global Index Medicus
Author	Lloyd, Jane E. Wise, Marilyn J.
Spatial Coverage	Northern Territory
Description	Country affiliation: Australia Author Affiliation: Lloyd JE ( The Centre for Health Equity Training Research and Evaluation, Research Centre for Primary Health Care and Equity, Faculty of Medicine, University of New South Wales, Locked Bag 7103, Liverpool BC, NSW 1871, Australia. j.lloyd@unsw.edu.au)
Abstract	OBJECTIVES: To identify the factors that contribute to the under-resourcing of Aboriginal health and to explore the impact that funding arrangements have on the implementation of Aboriginal health policy. DESIGN, SETTINGS AND PARTICIPANTS: Qualitative study based on 35 in-depth interviews with a purposive sample of frontline health professionals involved in health policy and service provision in the Northern Territory. RESULTS: Participants described three factors that contributed to the under-resourcing of Aboriginal health: inefficient funding arrangements, mainstream programs being inappropriate for Aboriginal Australians, and competing interests determining the allocation of resources. Insufficient capacity within the healthcare system undermines the multilevel implementation process whereby organisations need to have the capacity to recognise new policy ideas, assess their relevance to their existing work and strategic plan and to be able to incorporate the relevant new ideas into day-to-day practice. CONCLUSION: Insufficient resources for Aboriginal health were found to be a barrier to implementing Aboriginal health policy. Inadequate resources result from the cumbersome allocation of funding rather than simply the amount of funding provided to Aboriginal healthcare. Monitoring government performance and ensuring the efficient allocation of funds would allow us to develop the delivery system for Aboriginal healthcare and therefore provide greater opportunities to capitalise on current interventions and future efforts.
File Format	HTM / HTML
ISSN	01565788
e-ISSN	14498944
Journal	Australian Health Review
Issue Number	4
Volume Number	34
Language	English
Publisher	CSIRO
Publisher Date	2010-11-01
Publisher Place	Australia
Access Restriction	Open
Subject Keyword	Discipline Health Services Research Health Policy Health Services, Indigenous Healthcare Disparities Capacity Building Northern Territory Oceanic Ancestry Group Quality Assurance, Health Care Resource Allocation
Content Type	Text
Resource Type	Article
Subject	Health Policy

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