As negotiations continue, each side is blaming the other for problems in public hospitals. How did we get here?
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Some communities have too few GPs to ensure everyone can get the care they need, when they need it. Whoever wins the federal election should commit to fixing this.
The roles of health professionals such as nurses, physiotherapists and psychologists have been frozen for decades. A new review shows how this can change.
National Cabinet is meeting today to discuss hospital funding, and the interconnected issues of NDIS reform and GST allocation. But how are hospitals actually funded? And what’s GST got to do with it?
Access to dental care in Australia is worse than ever and is simply unaffordable to many.
Removal of user fees or full subsidisation of insurance premiums doesn’t fully eliminate financial access barriers.
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Honorary Enterprise Professor, School of Population and Global Health, and Department of General Practice and Primary Care, The University of Melbourne
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Program Director, Health and Aged Care, Grattan Institute
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Health Economist, KEMRI Wellcome Trust Research Programme
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Senior Associate, Grattan Institute
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Director, KEMRI-Wellcome Trust Nairobi Programme, KEMRI Wellcome Trust Research Programme
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Associate, Health Program, Grattan Institute