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Health Policy Issue Briefs

Health Policy Issues Briefs are easy to read, objective papers that look at a topical health policy issue, synthesise the research evidence and recommend a way forward. They are designed to help policymakers who need to quickly find out what evidence exists in a topic area, how compelling it is, and what the implications might be when using it to develop health policies.

Deeble Issues Brief No. 49: A roadmap towards scalable value-based payments in Australian healthcare

Australian healthcare funding policy needs a rethink and value-based payments will be a necessary step towards securing Australia’s healthcare system sustainability. Nevertheless, using financial incentives to change behaviour will require national...

Deeble Issues Brief No. 49: A roadmap towards scalable value based payments

Past issues

2022

Deeble Issues Brief No. 48: Decarbonising clinical care in Australia

Deeble Issues Brief No. 48: Decarbonising clinical care in Australia

Deeble Issues Brief No. 47: Hospital-treated self-harm: Improving care through improved data

Deeble Issues Brief No. 47: Hospital-treated self-harm: Improving care through improved data

Deeble Issues Brief No. 46: Integrating shared care teams into cancer follow-up care models

Deeble Issues Brief No. 46: Integrating shared care teams into cancer follow-up care models

Deeble Issues Brief No. 45: Ensuring the quality of palliative care in Australia’s prisons

Deeble Issues Brief No. 45: Ensuring the quality of palliative care in Australia’s prisons

2021

Deeble Issues Brief No. 44: Reducing diagnostic errors related to medical imaging

Deeble Issues Brief No. 44: Reducing diagnostic errors related to medical imaging

Deeble Issues Brief No. 43: Towards a sustainable funding model for telehealth in Australia

Deeble Issues Brief No. 43: Towards a sustainable funding model for telehealth in Australia

Deeble Issues Brief No. 42: Reablement interventions for community dwelling people living with dementia

Deeble Issues Brief No. 42: Reablement interventions for community dwelling people living with dementia

Deeble Issues Brief No. 41: Transforming the health system for sustainability

Deeble Issues Brief No. 41: Transforming the health system for sustainability: Environmental leadership through a value-based health care strategy

Deeble Issues Brief No. 40: Managing the long-term health consequences of COVID-19 in Australia

Deeble Issues Brief No. 40: Managing the long-term health consequences of COVID-19 in Australia

2020

Deeble Issues Brief No 39: Improving the uptake of the BFHI in Australian hospitals

Deeble Issues Brief No 39: Improving the uptake of the Baby Friendly Health Initiative in Australian hospitals

Deeble Brief No 38: Optimising healthcare through specialist referral reforms

Deeble Brief No 38: Optimising healthcare through specialist referral reforms

Deeble Issues Brief No. 37: Measuring value in new health technology assessments

Deeble Issues Brief No. 37: Measuring value in new health technology assessments

Deeble Issues Brief No. 36: Data collection for community-based allied health chronic disease management

Deeble Issues Brief No. 36: Data collection for community-based allied health chronic disease management

Deeble Issues Brief No. 35: Integration of GPPs into primary healthcare settings for chronic disease management

Deeble Issues Brief No. 35: Integration of general practice pharmacists into primary healthcare settings for chronic disease management

Deeble Issues Brief No. 34: Can value-based health care support health equity?

Deeble Issues Brief No. 34: Can value-based health care support health equity?

2019

Deeble Issues Brief No. 33: Reforming for Value: Opportunities for Outcome Focused National Health Policy

Deeble Issues Brief No. 33: Reforming for Value: Opportunities for Outcome Focused National Health Policy

Deeble Issues Brief No. 32: Re-orienting funding from volume to value in public dental health services

Deeble Issues Brief No. 32: Re-orienting funding from volume to value in public dental services

Deeble Issues Brief No. 31: Value Based Health Care: Setting the scene for Australia- SUMMARY

Deeble Issues Brief No. 31: Value Based Health Care: Setting the scene for Australia

Deeble Issues Brief No. 30: Improving access to housing for Aboriginal & Torres Strait Islander renal patients

Deeble Issues Brief No. 30: Improving access to housing for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander renal patients with complex care needs

Deeble Issues Brief No. 29: Primary Healthcare NMDS

Deeble Issues Brief No. 29: Call for the establishment of a primary health care national minimum data set

2018

Deeble Issues Brief No. 28: Reducing harms related to alcohol use in pregnancy: Policy and practice recommendations

Deeble Issues Brief No. 28: Reducing harms related to alcohol use in pregnancy: Policy and practice recommendations

Deeble Issues Brief No. 27: The impact of the home care reforms on the older person

Deeble Issues Brief No. 27: The impact of the home care reforms on the older person, the aged care workforce and the wider Health System

Deeble Issues Brief No. 26: Integrated information networks to support end-of-life care in general practice

Deeble Issues Brief No. 26: Integrated information networks to support end-of-life care in general practice

Deeble Issues Brief No. 25: Improving pharmacist involvement in pandemic influenza planning and response in Australia

2017

Deeble Issues Brief No. 23: Active disinvestment in low‐value care in Australia will improve patient outcomes and reduce waste

Deeble Issues Brief No. 23: Active disinvestment in low‐value care in Australia will improve patient outcomes and reduce waste

Deeble Issues Brief No. 22: Clinical governance for Primary Health Networks

Deeble Issues Brief No. 22: Clinical governance for Primary Health Networks

Deeble Issues Brief No. 21: Health Care Homes: principles and enablers for their implementation in Australia

Deeble Issues Brief No. 21: Health Care Homes: principles and enablers for their implementation in Australia

Deeble Issues Brief No. 20: Is the current model of public dental care promoting the oral health of young children in Australia?

Deeble Institute Issues Brief No. 20: Is the current model of public dental care promoting the oral health of young children in Australia?

2016

Deeble Issues Brief No.19: Improving end-of-life care in Australia

Deeble Institute Issues Brief No. 19: Improving end-of-life care in Australia

Deeble Institute Issues Brief No. 18: Reality check - reliable national data from general practice electronic health records

Deeble Institute Issues Brief No. 18: Reality check - reliable national data from general practice electronic health records

Deeble Institute Issues Brief No. 17: Food and nutrition programs for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Australians

Deeble Institute Issues Brief No. 17: Food and nutrition programs for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Australians: what works to keep people healthy and strong?

Deeble Institute Issues Brief No. 16 - National Emergency Access Target: aiming for the target but what about the goal?

Deeble Institute Issues Brief No. 16: The National Emergency Access Target: aiming for the target but what about the goal?

Deeble Institute Issues Brief No. 15: Review of after-hours service models

Deeble Institute Issues Brief No. 15: Review of after-hours service models

Deeble Institute Issues Brief No. 14 An evidence-based approach to reducing discharge against medical advice

Deeble Institute Issues Brief No. 14: An evidence-based approach to reducing discharge against medical advice amongst Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander patients

2015

Deeble Institute Issues Brief No 13 (Krister Partel)

Deeble Institute Issues Brief No 13: Toward better implementation: Australia's My Health Record

redesign and innovation in hospitals

Deeble Institute Issues Brief No. 12: Redesign and innovation in hospitals: foundations to making it happen

Deeble Institute Issues Brief No 11 (John Fitzgerald)

Health Policy Issues Brief No 11: Options for Finance in Primary Care in Australia

Deeble Institute Issues Brief No 10 (Kimberley Ashby-Mitchell)

Deeble Institute Issues Brief No 10: The Road to Reducing Dementia Onset and Prevalence – Are diet and physical activity interventions worth investing in?

Deeble Issues Brief no.9 Improving the reporting efficiency for ACCHOs: progress over a decade

Deeble Issues Brief no.9 Improving the reporting efficiency for Aboriginal Community Controlled Health Organisations: progress over a decade

Deeble Institute Issues Brief no. 8: rationing in healthcare

Deeble Institute Issues Brief No. 8 Rationing in healthcare

2014

Impacts of climate change on public health in Australia: Recommendations for new policies and practices for adaptation within th

Impacts of climate change on public health in Australia: Recommendations for new policies and practices for adaptation within the public health sector

Implications of the National Disability Insurance Scheme for health service delivery

Implications of the National Disability Insurance Scheme for health service delivery

Changing health professionals' scope of practice: how do we continue to make progress?

Changing health professionals’ scope of practice: how do we continue to make progress?

Consumer expectations and healthcare in Australia

Consumer expectations and healthcare in Australia

Clinical decision-making tools: how effective are they in improving the quality of health care?

Clinical decision-making tools: how effective are they in improving the quality of health care?

Can we improve the health system with performance reporting?

Can we improve the health system with pay-for-performance?

Public problems: Private solutions? Short-term contracting of inpatient hospital care

Overweight and obesity among Indigenous children: individual and social determinants

How can rural health be improved through community participation?

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