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Tag Archives: John Duggan
John Duggan. Advice from expert clinicians or the AMA
For those interested in the cost of health care the recently released interim report by the Medical Benefits Schedule (MBS) Review “obsolete MBS items track one” demonstrates the dawning recognition that there are procedures and tests that do not justify … Continue reading
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Tagged John Duggan, Medical Benefit Schedule Review, Professor Bruce Robinson, Sussan Ley
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John Duggan. The effect of healthcare privatisation on patient outcomes
Recent actions by the Federal Minister of Health and her predecessors indicate the government’s aim to shift hospital care from the public to the private sector. Associated with this is the developing perception that private hospitals are superior just as … Continue reading
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Tagged Australian Health Data, efficiency of health systems, John Duggan, Minister for Health, Productivity Commission, profit versus not-for-profit hospitals
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John Attia, John Duggan. Why the government would have us pay more for poorer health.
The Coalition government has been claiming that Australia’s public health system is unsustainable since the 2014 budget. But its plans for the health system actually reflect the underlying belief that user-pays health systems are better – despite evidence to the … Continue reading
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Tagged health-co-payments, John Attia, John Duggan, Medicare, private health care, The Conversation, US health costs
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