Australia does have some well-regarded rationing processes in place—the Pharmaceutical Benefits Advisory Committee and the Medical Services Advisory Committee, for example—that incorporate valuable information such as cost-effectiveness into the assessment process. However, we can improve rationing processes by looking to organisations internationally.
To comprehensively grasp the healthcare rationing landscape in Australia and beyond, this issues brief initiates by examining the existing rationing processes within the country. It subsequently identifies a series of shortcomings in the Australian healthcare rationing procedures. Further, the brief explores diverse international methods of healthcare rationing and concludes by offering solutions to enhance and improve the rationing of scarce healthcare resources in Australia.
