What challenges does the Australian Health System face?

The Australian Health System faces many challenges:

• coordinating a health system where responsibilities are shared between the Australian Government, state and territory governments and local governments
• rising costs of running a health system
• inequitable access to health services
• inequitable hospital waiting times
• an ageing population that is increasing demand on health services
• an increasing rate of chronic disease
• the cost of medical research and innovations
• using emerging health technologies
• using health data more effectively.