Editing Medicare (Australia) (section)

==== Coordinated Care Trials ====
In 1995, the [[Keating government]] initiated experiments to find more economically efficient ways of delivering health services.<ref name=":3">{{Cite web |title=Chapter 4 - Coordinated Care Trials |url=https://www.aph.gov.au/parliamentary_business/committees/senate/community_affairs/completed_inquiries/1999-02/pubhosp/report/c04 |access-date=2022-12-23 |website=Parliament of Australia |language=en-AU |archive-date=23 December 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221223032941/https://www.aph.gov.au/parliamentary_business/committees/senate/community_affairs/completed_inquiries/1999-02/pubhosp/report/c04 |url-status=live }}{{clarify|reason=chapter 4 of what?|date=February 2024}}</ref> This took the form of Coordinated Care Trials held from 1997 to 1999. They funded a care coordinator for around 16,000 individuals with complex health needs. The trials found that few cohorts benefited from this form of care.<ref name=":3" />

Further trials were held in 2002 to 2005. They found that people with particularly complex needs could be more effectively treated with coordinated care.<ref name=":4">{{cite web |last1=Breadon |first1=Peter |last2=Romanes |first2=Danielle |title=A new Medicare: Strengthening general practice |url=https://grattan.edu.au/wp-content/uploads/2022/12/A-new-Medicare-strengthening-general-practice-Grattan-Report.pdf#page=65 |website=grattan.edu.au |access-date=9 July 2024 |page=65 |date=December 2022 |archive-date=10 July 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240710001448/https://grattan.edu.au/wp-content/uploads/2022/12/A-new-Medicare-strengthening-general-practice-Grattan-Report.pdf#page=65 |url-status=live }}</ref>