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How our ageng population is straining the health system
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Episode How our ageng population is straining the health system
There are fresh warnings about the pressure Australia's aging population is putting on our health system, with doctors bracing for a huge spike in older patients in the next few decades.
A new report from the Australasian College for Emergency Medicine says emergency departments are bracing for a more than 400 per cent increase in patients aged 85 and over by 2050.
Doctors say the health system is already at a tipping point.
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