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[–] [email protected] 3 points 4 months ago

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.


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