Tag Archives: health equity

Where does the PM stand on health equity?

October 16, 2009 – 10:06 am

OK, so the recent post on why Health Ministers should insist on health equity impact statements for all policy recommendations may have revealed me as a hopelessly tragic idealist. And that’s not all. On reflection, I was also being a bit simplistic.
Of course, if we really care about health equity, health ministers would probably not [...]

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Why bowel cancer screening should target poorer patients

October 6, 2009 – 11:22 am

As previously mentioned at Croakey, the latest Medical Journal of Australia has published a study examining the impact of the national bowel cancer screening program. It suggests that the program may be more likely to benefit the better off.

Professor Mark Harris, from the UNSW Centre for Primary Health Care and Equity,  says there is enough [...]

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Redistributing health?

November 17, 2008 – 1:23 pm

It strikes me that the global economic meltdown is creating one of those “is the glass half full or half empty?” moments. Governments are talking up the need for public spending, investment and infrastructure development as part of efforts to kickstart economies. As Fran Baum and colleagues point out in Crikey today, it’s a critical [...]

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