Baby boomer ageing means higher demand for hospital beds
Australia’s public hospital system will be put under increasing pressure as the baby boomer generation ages, according to a new study published in the Australian Health Review.
The study was undertaken by Associate Professor Deborah Schofield and Mr Arul Earnest from the University of Sydney’s Northern Rivers Department of Rural Health.
Associate Professor Schofield said: “Over the next 45 years the Australian population will age rapidly as the baby boomer cohort moves into retirement and then old age and this will increase the demand for hospital care.”
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