Academic Unit of Psychiatry and Addiction Medicine, The Australian National University School of Medicine and Psychology, Canberra Hospital, Building 4, Level 2, PO Box 11, Garran, Canberra, ACT 2605, Australia; and Consortium of Australian-Academic Psychiatrists for Independent Policy and Research Analysis (CAPIPRA), Canberra, ACT, Australia.
Consortium of Australian-Academic Psychiatrists for Independent Policy and Research Analysis (CAPIPRA), Canberra, ACT, Australia; and College of Medicine and Public Health, Flinders University, Adelaide, SA, Australia.
Aust Health Rev. 2023 Aug;47(4):391-393. doi: 10.1071/AH23048.
The COVID-19 pandemic has contributed to longstanding structural shortfalls in the supply of healthcare services in high-income countries, including Australia. These impacts are reflected in Australian public hospital key performance indicators for acute care, elective surgery and hospital exit block. The challenges occur in the context of increased demand following the suspension of a range of healthcare services during the pandemic. The main supply challenge is suitable numbers of skilled healthcare workers. Rebalancing of supply and demand in healthcare is challenging, but needs to be achieved.
新冠疫情加剧了澳大利亚等高收入国家医疗服务供应中长期存在的结构性短缺问题。这些影响反映在澳大利亚公立医院急性护理、择期手术和医院出院阻塞的关键绩效指标上。这些挑战出现在疫情期间暂停一系列医疗服务后需求增加的背景下。主要的供应挑战是具备足够技能的医疗工作者人数。医疗服务的供需平衡调整具有挑战性,但必须实现。