National and State Policy Context for Primary Care Partnerships - Information Resource, May 2009

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Both in Australia and internationally, strong primary health care systems are increasingly understood as essential to tackling the challenges facing health care. In Victoria, these challenges include:

• The needs of an ageing population.
• The increase of chronic and complex conditions and avoidable hospital admissions.
• The rising costs of technology and the health system.
• The widening health inequalities.
• Meeting consumer expectations for the right care at the right time, close to home.
• The need to achieve improved health outcomes across the life course for all.
• The pressures on health workforce capacity.

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