At a time when ever more information is available about the quality of health care,

the challenge for policy makers is to better understand the policies and approaches

that sit behind the numbers. Australia is the latest country report in this OECD series

evaluating the quality of health care across countries - whether care is safe, effective

and responsive to patients' needs. OECD Reviews of Health Care Quality examine

what works and what does not work, both to benchmark the efforts of countries and

to provide advice on reforms to improve quality of health care. This series of individual

country reviews will be followed by a final summary report on the lessons learnt for

good policy practices.

Contents

Chapter 1. Quality of health care policies in Australia

Chapter 2. Strengthening primary health care in Australia

Chapter 3. The implementation of National Safety and Quality Standards in Australia's

health system

Chapter 4. Improving the quality of health care in rural and remote Australia