The pattern of hospital use in Australia is shifting, according to two recent studies. While consumer satisfaction with public hospitals is on the increase, so are concerns about the afforda... Read more
In the latest edition of The Health Wrap, Dr Lesley Russell unpicks some of the complexities around coronavirus vaccine development and uptake, as well as digging into aged care spending que... Read more
Introduction by Croakey: The Federal Government’s 11th hour reprieve for the National Partnership Agreement on dental funding has provided only short-term relief. The Australian Dental Assoc... Read more
Outpatient care falls between multiple cracks in our health system: hospital/GP, public/private and federal/state. Perhaps for these reasons, this sector has been neglected by governments a... Read more
In her latest edition of The Health Wrap, Dr Lesley Russell reports on the latest developments in coronavirus research, the pandemic’s implications for people with HIV/AIDS and wider g... Read more
Introduction by Croakey: Medibank has announced that it will become Australia’s first private health insurer to make potential out-of-pocket (OOP) costs publicly available in a move to... Read more