Among 16 comparable countries, no other country has shrunk its public health expenditure as a percentage of GDP to the extent New Zealand has.
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A modest increase in health funding is all that’s needed to save lives. That’s a big impact for the price of a fancy coffee.
The NHS needs a healthy and resilient workforce to lead the digital transformations planned for the service.
Medicare encourages providers to deliver more services, not to deliver good quality care. Here’s why that needs to change.
The aim is to make health care affordable and sustainable. Our new research shows how.
Finance minister Nicola Willis made good on two promises with her first budget – tax cuts and no surprises. But the belt tightening required to do that will have longer-term consequences.
The great ‘peace dividend’ looks to be heading for the buffers.
New figures show we are spending less on health than we used to but it mightn’t last, and surgeons and dentists are charging more.
Health, housing and education get funding boosts in the fiscally conservative first budget delivered by New Zealand’s coalition government.
To improve wait times for surgery, Canada needs to fix its health-care system. Developing a national seniors’ strategy would be a good place to start.
The government’s focus on treating chronic disease neglects the importance of obesity and the benefits of preventive health measures tailored to gender and socioeconomic circumstances.
The government used careful wording to pull the wool over our eyes about NHS spending.
The unsustainability of government health expenditure in Australia is a myth that has been carefully nurtured to justify policies to transfer costs from government to the public. Tomorrow’s budget is expected…
Researchers predict that the cost of mental illness to the Australian government, already at $7 billion a year, will double…
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Senior Research Fellow, Melbourne Institute of Applied Economic and Social Research, The University of Melbourne
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Associate Professor in Public Health and Policy, Te Herenga Waka — Victoria University of Wellington
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Dean Academic and Professor, Griffith University
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Associate Professor, Department of Economics, University of Otago
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Professor of Health Economics, Brunel University of London
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Researcher, University of Wollongong
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Professor, School of Health Sciences, University of Newcastle
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Adjunct Professor of Health Policy and Management, Te Herenga Waka — Victoria University of Wellington
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Senior Research Economist, Institute for Fiscal Studies
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Professor of Health Economics, Centre for Health Economics, Monash University
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John Goss is a Friend of The Conversation.
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Associate Professor, Macquarie University Centre for the Health Economy, Macquarie University
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Associate Professor, Centre for Health Economics, Monash University
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Head of Institute of Education te Kura o Te Mātauranga, Te Kunenga ki Pūrehuroa – Massey University
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Professor of Law, University of Auckland, Waipapa Taumata Rau