While some policies have made the price of certain health care services more transparent, they don’t guarantee patients won’t be surprised by how much they’ll need to pay out of pocket.
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The health benefits of shifting to a low-carbon transport system could be greater than those achieved by anti-smoking policies, according to a major new study released today.
When we mapped where Indigenous Australians are using a program to access free or discounted medicines, we found huge variation around the country. Here’s why that’s a problem.
Every kilometre cycled in France saves around one euro in healthcare costs, according to a recent analysis of decennial mobility survey.
The price you pay at the pharmacy for your long-term medicines may effectively halve. But not all medicines or patients qualify.
Our analysis of part-time work and its impact on wellbeing shows getting more people with disability into employment could save millions in health-care costs.
Health-care costs are continuing to rise faster than wages, so many Australian families are finding it increasingly difficult to keep up.
People who need the most health care – the poor and the chronically ill – miss out on care the most. But there are ways to reduce this inequity.
Record-breaking technology can sequence an entire human genome in a matter of hours. The work could be a lifeline for people suffering from the more than 5,000 known rare genetic diseases.
The Affordable Care Act has allowed many preventive health services, including cancer screenings and vaccines, to be free of charge. But legal challenges may lead to costly repercussions for patients.
Wound care might be costly, but it’s cost-effective, saving health dollars in the long run. The issue is, who pays?
In Australia, we do housing and we do health, but they sit in different portfolios of government and the policy dots aren’t joined often enough.
Despite a lighter lockdown, Sweden hasn’t avoided the damaging economic disruption experienced elsewhere.
The spread of the virus through households creates costs higher than for isolation in hotels when families are large and living at close quarters as in Melbourne’s public housing towers.
Planners understand the key elements of urban communities that will improve residents’ health and well-being. They also need to be able to convince others to create such communities.
Life on the street is no place to recover from a stay in hospital, but that’s what happens to many people who are homeless. But there’s a proven model to provide care that also cuts healthcare costs.
Private patients who stay in hospital for costly rehab after major knee surgery recover just as fast as people who go home and have physiotherapy. So, why pay more?
Many Americans unable to afford health expenses are raising funds through medical crowdfunding. What are the risks?
Each year private health insurance funds lobby the government to increase private health insurance premiums. They claim increases are warranted because of increasing costs.
In twin speeches to the National Press Club, Labor leader Bill Shorten said bulk-billing rates are falling, while Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull said bulk-billing is at record levels. Who was right?
Top contributors
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Honorary Enterprise Professor, School of Population and Global Health, and Department of General Practice and Primary Care, The University of Melbourne
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Professor of Health Economics and Director, Centre for Health Economics, Monash Business School, Monash University
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School Education Program Director, Grattan Institute
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Transport and Cities Program Director, Grattan Institute
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Senior Lecturer in Accounting and Finance, University of Newcastle
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Productivity Growth Program Director, Grattan Institute
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Professor, Public Health, Victoria University, Victoria University
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Professor of Economics, University of Sydney
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Senior Researcher, Urban Transformations Research Centre, Western Sydney University
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Postdoc Fellow, Institute for Fiscal Studies
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Health economist, University of Sydney
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Professor in the Practice of Higher Education Policy, Australian National University
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Director, UNSW Sydney
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Program Director, Energy, Grattan Institute
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Professiorial Fellow, The University of Melbourne
