Tag Archives: Productivity Commission

The public sector’s take on the Productivity Commission’s hospital report

October 16, 2009 – 12:46 pm

The Productivity Commission yesterday released its draft discussion paper on the relative performance of public and private hospitals. Croakey has previously complained that the inquiry’s terms of reference seemed a tad narrow and made a submission to the Commission to this effect.
Well, the Australian Healthcare & Hospitals Association has had a read and gives the [...]

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Some more questions about hospital performance

July 13, 2009 – 11:02 am

Croakey has previously argued that the Productivity Commission inquiry into public and private hospital performance has overly narrow terms of reference.
Below you can read some more suggestions for the Commission from several Croakey contributors, but first have a look at how much further the debate on hospital performance has advanced in some other countries.
In the [...]

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Suggestions for the Productivity Commission’s inquiry into hospital performance

July 13, 2009 – 9:49 am

Professor Guy Maddern, RP Jepson Professor of Surgery at the University of Adelaide, has some suggestions for the Productivity Commission’s inquiry into the relative performance of public and private hospitals (further to the recent Croakey post on this matter).
He writes:
“Any assessment of the public and private sector needs to look at a range of [...]

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Some thoughts about hospitals and the Productivity Commission

July 8, 2009 – 2:55 pm

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 [...]

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Why more dollars will not fix the health system

June 4, 2009 – 4:23 pm

For everyone who believes that simply spending more money is the answer to the health system’s woes, this new report should be essential reading.
It’s a review of the evidence about efficiency and health systems, released today as a National Health and Hospitals Reform Commission background paper.
Here, after a speed read, are some of the more [...]

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One to watch: Productivity Commission on private vs public hospitals

May 15, 2009 – 4:56 pm

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 [...]

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