As mentioned previously at Croakey, the Productivity Commission is studying the relative performance of public and private hospitals with a draft report scheduled for release in September and a final report due to go to the Government in November.
As part of the study, the Commission has been requested to consider:
comparative hospital and medical costs for [...]
For years, we’ve been repeatedly told that when Governments plough public money into subsidising private health insurance and private hospitals, they’re doing it to help the public hospital system.
Prue Power is executive director of the Australian Healthcare & Hospitals Association, which represents public healthcare, and whose members include Queensland Health, South Australian Health, Tasmanian [...]
The Assistant Treasurer, Chris Bowen, has announced that the Productivity Commission will study the relative performance of the public and private hospital systems.
The study will compare treatment costs, including out-of pocket patient expenses and rates of fully informed financial consent. Rates of hospital acquired infections and other indicators will also be considered.
The findings, due within [...]
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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