Catholic Health Australia (CHA) is the peak body for Australia’s largest non-government grouping of health, community, and aged care services accounting for around 15 per cent of hospital-based healthcare in Australia. Our members provide around 30 per cent of private hospital care, 5 per cent of public hospital care, 12 per cent of aged care facilities, and 20 per cent of home care and support for the elderly.
Catholic Health Australia (CHA) is Australia’s largest non-government grouping of health, community, and aged care services accounting for around 15 per cent of hospital-based healthcare in Australia. Our members provide around 30 per cent of private hospital care, 5 per cent of public hospital care, 12 per cent of aged care facilities, and 20 per cent of home care and support for the elderly. CHA not-for-profit providers promote the ministry of health care as an integral element of the mission and work to fully provide health care to the sick, the aged and the dying. This ministry is founded on the dignity of the human person, giving preference to the needy, suffering and disadvantaged.
Catholic Health Australia (CHA) is the peak body for all Catholic health and aged care services in Australia. CHA is the largest non-government provider of health, community and aged care services in Australia. The Catholic Health and Aged Care sector is comprised of eighty hospitals (public and private), representing more than 10,000 hospital beds, 25,000 residential aged care beds, 36,500 consumer of home and community care, 7,000 aged care residential units and employing more than 84,000 staff.
Catholic Health Australia (CHA) is Australia’s largest non-government grouping of health, community, and aged care services accounting for around 15per cent of hospital-based healthcare in Australia.
Advancing health’s ‘missing sector’
Report by Catholic Health Australia
This paper has been prepared by Catholic Health Australia (CHA) in collaboration with the Centre for International Economics (CIE). CHA would like to thank all CHA members for their time, expertise and high-quality evidence provided. The paper would not have been possible without these valuable contributions from CHA members.
I am writing on behalf of the Catholic Hospital sector regarding the expected discontinuation of MBS items for telehealth beyond September 2020.
Catholic Health Australia (CHA) commends the Government’s rapid response to the COVID-19 outbreak and the measures enacted to protect the health and safety of our community, particularly our most vulnerable populations. Of those public health measures, expanding MBS telehealth items has proved a lifeline through the COVID-19 pandemic.
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Out of hospital fees are a concern for all Australians but play heavily on the minds of expectant mothers.
St John of God has recently launched a new service for women who want the peace of mind of having the birth in a private hospital but without being left with a big bill for obstetrician costs. Currently fees can vary from around $2,000 up to around $8,000 which can leave some women facing huge and unexpected out-of-pocket expenses.
Catholic Health Australia (CHA) appreciates the opportunity to respondto the Senate Select Committee Inquiry into the Government’s response to the COVID-19 pandemic.
CHAis Australia’s largest non-government grouping of health, community, and aged care services accounting for around 15 per cent of hospital-based healthcare in Australia. Our members provide around 25 per cent of private hospital care, 5 per cent of public hospital care, 12 per cent of aged care facilities, and 20 per cent of home care and support for the elderly. ...
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