Evaluating primary care expenditure in Australia: the Primary Care Spend (PC Spend) model.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

To assess the distribution of health care expenditure (public and private) for primary care and primary health care as proportions of overall health care funding.

Study design

The Primary Care Spend model; estimated distribution of expenditure for three tiers of primary care services by provider and function.

Setting

Primary Care Spend model applied to Australian health expenditure, public and private, 2020-21, from a health sector perspective, as recorded by the Australian Institute of Health and Welfare.

Main outcome measures

Proportions of all health care spending for essential community and primary health care functions (tier A), comprehensive primary care (services delivered in general practices and family physician clinics; tier B), and enhance

SUBMITTER: Wright M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11830223 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature