Many Indigenous families around the world say hospital staff often don’t understand their cultures or even give them basic rights during maternity care.
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Too many people miss out on seeing specialist doctors, while others face long waits or high costs. A new Grattan Institute report outlines a blueprint for reform.
People with disability are more likely to die from cancer than the overall population. Here’s how we can shift this striking inequity.
A damaged home and the psychological stress that comes with living through a major cyclone can prompt people to buy private health insurance.
Not all examples of flawed medical records relate to individual human error. Here’s what else can go wrong.
Boosting Australia’s ability to make pharmaceuticals sounds like a great way to ease medicine shortages. But there are simpler, cheaper options we could try first.
Public records requested under the Freedom of Information Act have helped shape health policy and keep the government accountable – but recent staff cuts may make this impossible.
Specialists’ fees are high, vary across specialties and across geographical regions. And you can search for who’s charging what near you.
Here’s what an incoming government needs to have on its radar when it comes to aged care.
A new review recommends lifting the ban on seven complementary therapies. Nine others remain prohibited.
Here’s what the government’s new funding package for mental health gets right – and where it falls short.
The major parties say they won’t use the PBS as a bargaining chip in US tariff negotiations. They also need to resist pressure to slow down access to generic drugs.
Patients have been slow to sign up for MyMedicare. But what is MyMedicare? And how could we learn from other countries to help patients enrol?
Reassurance scans are marketed as a way to ‘give you peace of mind’ about your baby’s development. But often those doing the scans aren’t actually sonographers.
Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s new vision for US health policy prioritizes deregulation and leaves Americans with fewer benefits, services and protections.
The cap on Medicare subsidised psychology sessions rose to 20 during COVID. But there are better ways to achieve the program’s aims.
60-day scrips can mean fewer trips to the pharmacist and lower costs. But only one in five eligible scripts are for a 60-day supply. Here’s what’s going wrong.
Australians will save on the costs of scripts and on GP visits. But the budget doesn’t start the reforms needed to secure the health system’s long-term future.
A fundamental shake-up of how we screen women for breast cancer could save more lives from the disease. Here are some options of how this could look.
Clinicians and health service heads are willing to accept a lower standard of care for people outside of major cities because they consider it ‘better than nothing’.
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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Program Director, Health and Aged Care, Grattan Institute
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Professor of Health Economics and Director, Centre for Health Economics, Monash Business School, Monash University
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Professor, Public Service Research, UNSW Sydney
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Jim Gillespie is a Friend of The Conversation.
Associate Professor in Health Policy, Leeder Centre for Health Policy, Economics and Data & Sydney School of Public Health, University of Sydney
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Reader in Health Economics, Centre for Health Economics, University of York
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Professor and Director, Macquarie University Centre for the Health Economy, Macquarie University
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Adjunct Associate Professor, Menzies Centre for Health Policy and Economics, University of Sydney
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Lecturer, Public Sector Finance, University of Canberra
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Emeritus Professor, Menzies Centre for Health Policy, University of Sydney
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Associate Professor of Accounting, University of Technology Sydney
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Professor of Health Economics, The University of Melbourne
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Professor of Health Economics and Director, Centre for Health Economics Research and Evaluation, University of Technology Sydney
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Professor of Health Economics, University of Technology Sydney
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Senior Policy Adviser, National Rural Health Alliance; Adjunct Lecturer, University of Sydney
