Indeed, in 2004, clinicians still considered HSI to be their most important issue and asked the Australian Health
Ministers' Advisory Council to consider the integration of community and hospital-based health services as their
top priority. In the same year, a meta-analysis of systematic reviews of Australia's health system concluded
they unanimously called for the integration of health services so that patients and their carers could more easily
steer a path through the complex network of services. There seems no doubt that integration enjoys strong
support at all levels.