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Service and Care in Australia

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Health Care for People with Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities across the Lifespan

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Services to people with intellectual and developmental disability in Australia have for the most part been funded by Commonwealth and State Governments. The Commonwealth has been responsible for employment and day time occupation while the states have been responsible for accommodation supports and education. Both government and non-government organisations deliver these services. Responsibility for the administration of health services is also divided between the Commonwealth and the States with the Commonwealth Government responsible for funding community based services such as primary health care and specialist services while the states are responsible for hospital services. While this chapter will cover services across Australia, more specific detail has been given to those in the State of Victoria. While there were differences with the timing and precise nature of changes from state to state the services and changes in Victoria are representative of those in the other States and Territories.

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  1. Centre for Developmental Disability Health Victoria, Monash Health Community, 122 Thomas St, Dandenong, VIC, 3168, Australia

    Robert W. Davis Ph.D., M.B.B.S., FRACGP

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  1. Innovative Solutions for Disadvantage and Disability and Department of Pediatrics, Morehouse School of Medicine, Atlanta, GA, USA

    I. Leslie Rubin

  2. National Institute of Child Health and Human Development and Medical Services, Division for Developmental and Developmental Disabilities, Ministry of Social Affairs and Social Services, Jerusalem, Israel

    Joav Merrick

  3. Department of Pediatric and Adolescent Medicine, Western Michigan University Homer Stryker MD School of Medicine, Western Michigan University, Kalamazoo, MI, USA

    Donald E. Greydanus  & Dilip R. Patel  & 

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Davis, R.W. (2016). Service and Care in Australia. In: Rubin, I.L., Merrick, J., Greydanus, D.E., Patel, D.R. (eds) Health Care for People with Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities across the Lifespan. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-18096-0_51

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