Review of the More Allied Health Service Program (Staff)
Project commencement date:
May 2007
Project completion date:
September 2007
The Australian Rural Health Education Network (ARHEN), on behalf of the Department of Health and Ageing, engaged the UDRH to assist the review of the More Allied Health Services Program (MAHS). The MAHS Program provided funding for GP referred clinical care by allied health professionals in rural and remote communities. The key objectives of the program were –
to provide additional (in quantity or range) allied health services to rural communities;
to improve the health care of key groups within a rural community through the provision of efficient and effective allied health services which have been selected on the basis of the identified need of the community;
to facilitate an integrated approach to health care provision by allied health care professionals and general practitioners working together to meet the care needs of patients and by the Division linking the Program with other State/Australian Government funded health initiatives and services.
