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Behind headlines on insurance use in public hospitals are patients who just want affordable access to quality care

While the recommendations in today’s report by Catholic Health Australia (CHA) on the use of private health insurance in public hospitals are useful, the substance of the report is overly-influenced by the self-interest of private hospitals (many of...

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Hospitalisations—preventing the preventable necessary, but not easy

‘Reducing preventable hospitalisations in order to improve health outcomes and reduce unnecessary healthcare system costs is a longstanding concern, but finding solutions requires effort, investment, research and system redesign’, Australian Healthcare...

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Latest Australian Health Review explores interactions between economics, workforce, treatments and ‘the system’

The June 2017 edition of Australian Health Review (AHR) is one for health system aficionados with an interest in unravelling various economic, workforce, treatment and system interactions, says the AHR ’s chief editor, Professor Gary Day. AHR is the...

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18 hospitals sign up to close the gap in Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander heart health

Eighteen hospitals from around Australia have signed up to the Lighthouse Hospital Project aimed at improving the hospital treatment of coronary heart disease among Indigenous Australians Lighthouse is operated and managed by the Heart Foundation and the...

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Public hospital funding key to addressing elective surgery wait times

‘Today’s release of figures showing waiting times for privately funded patients in public hospitals are shorter than for public patients is not a reason to finger-point or jump to unsupported conclusions’, says Alison Verhoeven, Chief Executive of the...

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Doctors, industry groups entrusted with the keys for a healthy Australia

‘Tonight’s Budget is a winner for doctors and pharmacy interests as the Medicare rebate freeze is lifted and a new collaborative approach is embedded in a series of compacts with industry groups, but time will tell whether this will contribute to...

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