Construction is due to start later this year on the early stages of Springfield Health City in the master-planned satellite community between Brisbane and Ipswich.
Mater Health Services and the University of Queensland have joined the Springfield Land Corporation as major partners in what they hope will become a blueprint for the nation.
Situated on 52 hectares in central Springfield, the centre will eventually house a private acute care hospital, aged care centre, retirement units, a "one stop shop" of GPs and dental health services and allied health care.
Hundreds of Independent Retirement Living Units will also eventually be built in the private-public project, which has an undisclosed price tag.
"What Health City is about is a unique experience of having all forms of health care at one spot, plus strong needs-care facilities hugging it," said chairman of Springfield Land Corporation, Dr Maha Sinnathamby.
Chairman of Springfield Health City, Professor John Hay, said the world-class model "will be a revolution in the approach to health care and wellness in Australia, and provide all the necessary services for the rapidly growing population of Greater Springfield and its surrounds".
Dr John O'Donnell, chief executive of Mater Health Services, said the Mater would operate the private hospital, but funding had not yet been decided.
"We hope to have the building starting within the next few months," Dr O'Donnell said.
"Our intention at this stage is to open with a day surgery facility and as the community grows and the demand grows to extend that into a private hospital."
He said the new centre would have a strong educational element.
Queensland Health Minister Stephen Robertson said the planned centre took the health care debate away from simply acute care and the number of hospital beds.
"At the heart what this is about is getting a whole-of-life commitment to health care," Robertson said.
"Hopefully through better lifestyles, better health, we can in future reduce the load on the acute side of health care."
Robertson said medical resources faced both an ageing population and serious chronic diseases such as type 2 diabetes.
Ipswich mayor Paul Pisasale said the city was growing at an unprecedented 3.5 per cent a year and health and educational facilities were vital.
