In November 2006 the Queensland Centre for Public Health and the Brisbane Institute co-hosted a public forum titled “What can we expect of our health care system?”

The intention of the forum was to promote public discussion on serious questions about the long-term sustainability of the health care system. Even as health care expenditure has grown, demand for service remains unmet and appears inexhaustible. Expensive new technologies and drugs, a population living longer with more chronic disease, and declining workforce capacity indicate a worsening of the current situation. The gap between our demand for health care and the capacity of the system appears likely to increase.

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