Issues Brief

Telehealth funding reforms must prioritise value for patients

‘Telehealth should be supported and continued beyond the immediacy of the pandemic, but funding reforms are needed to ensure the extension of telehealth services focuses on delivering improved health outcomes and value,’ says Australian Healthcare and...

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Time to end needless repeat referrals to specialists

‘It’s high time that Australia’s referral system to specialist care was brought up to date—in the interests of patients and to meet management requirements for today’s ongoing chronic health conditions’, says Alison Verhoeven, Chief Executive of the...

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

The widespread use of alcohol during pregnancy is a significant public health concern in Australia. 

This Health Policy Issues Brief from the Deeble Institute of Health Policy Research outlines opportunities for change to support...

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

The Australian aged care system is in the midst of an overhaul. A ten-year reform plan released in 2012 aims to create a sustainable, consumer-driven and market-based aged care system. Many of the policy changes have focused on packaged home care...

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

This Issues Brief provides recommendations on critical steps to be taken to promote disinvestment in low-value healthcare and to encourage use of high-value care. These recommendations are essential if Australia is to continue having a world-class...