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Informationen zum Autor Frank Evans is Chief Executive and Director of Nursing at Upper Murray Health & Community Services and the Chief Executive of UMHCS Learning Services where he teaches business management. Dr Evans has managed rural health services in NSW and Victoria since 1992. Klappentext Rural Australia has faced many economic and demographic disadvantages. Advances in medical technology and economic reforms have led to the closure or near closure of many rural hospitals. Since the late 1980s, the Australian government has increased their focus on the quality and functionality of rural health. Most notable was the development of a rural health strategy and the introduction of flexibly funded, integrated health services, otherwise known as Multipurpose Services (MPS). Healthcare Reform and Interests Groups explores the resistance that the MPS's encountered from rural health professionals and rural communities and the critical role of these communities in Australia's healthcare reform. Zusammenfassung The MPS program in Victoria has provided an opportunity to review the responses of structural interest groups when the status quo is challenged. This book analyzes the development of the MPS program in Victoria! focusing on an analysis of the processes and outcomes associated with the development of an MPS in Corryong! a small town in Victoria. Inhaltsverzeichnis Chapter 1 Preface Chapter 2 Maps and Tables Chapter 3 Abbreviations Chapter 4 Introduction Chapter 5 Literature Review Chapter 6 Research Strategy and Theoretical Framework Chapter 7 Research Design and Methodology Chapter 8 The MPS Program in Context: The Rural Health Movement Chapter 9 Challenging Interests: Corporate Rationalists Chapter 10 Medical Monopolists: Dominant Interests Chapter 11 Community: Repressed Interests Chapter 12 Conclusion: Community Disadvantage Chapter 13 Implications for Rural Health Care Reform: A Community Empowerment Model for the Future Chapter 14 References ...
