Tag Archives: health costs

Business is booming for the health industry

September 30, 2009 – 1:24 pm

How much do we spend on health?
An ever-increasing fortune, according to this new report from the Australian Institute of Health and Welfare.
You could spend hours wading through all the stats, but here are a few snippets:
• In the financial year 2007–08, Australia‘s health expenditure totalled $103.6 billion, or 9.1% of gross domestic product (GDP). A [...]

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Should health care join up with retail therapy?

September 17, 2009 – 9:00 am

Dr Lesley Russell, an Australian working in Washington, has been looking at new research conducted in the US on the merits of retail outlets as sites for health clinics. You can just imagine what the AMA might have to say about this.
Russell writes:
“A study released in the US this month is sure to provoke a [...]

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Are we paying a high price for soaring caesar rates?

December 10, 2008 – 10:17 am

The latest national figures show the Australian health system is paying a high price for the ever-increasing rate of caesarean sections.
In 2006, 30.8% of births were by caesarean section, compared with 20.3% in 1997. The Australia’s mothers and babies 2006 report, by the AIHW National Perinatal Statistics Unit at the University of New South Wales, [...]

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