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The Jacqui Lambie Network plan is short on detail and unlikely to improve the health system or outcomes for Tasmanians over the longer term.
Public hospitals in Australia are owned and operated by state (and territory) governments. So why does the Commonwealth government attract blame for lack of hospital funding?
We are paying more for our health insurance because we are using it more. No crude, short-term measures to restrict premium growth will deal with this fact.
One in four patients who stays overnight in hospital endures a complication.
Policies encouraging lifestyle changes that reduce the risk of cancer could have positive effects on the economies of BRICS countries.
New medical staff start in January and may not be as skilled or adept as their predecessors, meaning more things go wrong.
For healthcare to be accessible, affordable and equal, policies and programmes that promote universal health coverage need to be based on evidence.
The rapid growth of genetic testing and data-gathering could revolutionize health and medicine if governments work to protect people against privacy and societal risks.
Governments must understand that the factors making cities convenient and productive also make their residents prone to obesity. They must confront this challenge with intelligent, focused policies.
We have lots of data about hospital safety, but it’s not used to make us safer or more comfortable when we’re admitted.
One would think governments would do all they could to ensure palliative care is available to all who need it. This is not the case in Australia today.
Private companies are building new inpatient units – the state has been trying to reduce them for the last five years.
Australia has more doctors per population than most comparable countries, yet many living in rural and remote areas don’t receive the care they need. Changing the way we train doctors will fix this.
Leaked documents of a secret ‘taskforce’ to reform public hospital funding reveal some controversial proposals. So how are hospitals funded and why might this need changing?
No wonder obesity is a tough public health issue for governments to deal with. Our research has uncovered a range of barriers to tackling it, some more obvious than others.
The latest federal budget leaves mental health chronically underfunded, with inequitable access to services, and without a clear national strategy.
The 30% subsidy for private health insurance was predicted to be a bad and costly policy many years ago. And 20 years later, the only thing that’s changed is the $6 billion-plus hole in the budget.
The NDIS roll-out has been criticised for many glitches, but that doesn’t mean the scheme is failing.
Citizens do not have enough say in how mental health services are planned, funded and run in Australia. Here’s why that needs to change.
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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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Professor of Health Economics, The University of Melbourne
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Professor and Director, Macquarie University Centre for the Health Economy, Macquarie University
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Reader in Health Economics, Centre for Health Economics, University of York
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Emeritus Professor of Public Health, La Trobe University
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Lecturer, Public Sector Finance, University of Canberra
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Professor of Health Economics, University of Technology Sydney
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Emeritus Professor, Menzies Centre for Health Policy, University of Sydney
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Associate Professor, Centre for Health Economics, Monash University