Governments spend billions of dollars every year to encourage us to take up private cover. But our research shows this does little to reduce pressure on the public system.
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Many more people need long-term specialist care, or are waiting a long time for elective surgery. These and other factors tell us we need to update how specialist referrals work.
Professional societies of doctors, surgeons or physiotherapists are more likely to recommend against treatments provided by others, our new research shows.
Seeking and making sense of specialist fees is an unfair burden to place on vulnerable patients. A website might be helpful for some – but health professionals need to be held to higher account.
Experts may be dismissed when they express values, offer advice or make mistakes. But these expectations are unreasonable and unhelpful.
Few African emergency centres are able to provide comprehensive emergency care because they are staffed by general practitioners.
Big data is about processing large amounts of data. It is often associated with multiplicities of data. But the ability to generate data outpaces the ability to store it.
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Professor, Centre for Health Policy, Melbourne School of Population and Global Health, The University of Melbourne
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Deputy Director, Australian National Centre for Public Awareness of Science, Australian National University
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Professor of Health Economics, Monash University
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Professor of Physics, University of the Witwatersrand
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Associate Lecturer of Law, University of Newcastle
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Senior lecturer in the Division of Emergency Medicine, University of Cape Town
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Professor of Orthopaedic Surgery, UNSW Sydney
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Professor, Sydney School of Public Health, University of Sydney
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Research Fellow - Digital Health Testbed | eHealth Productivity and Innovation in Cornwall and the Isles of Scilly (EPIC2) | Centre for Health Technology, Faculty of Health, University of Plymouth UK, University of Plymouth
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Senior Research Fellow, The University of Melbourne
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Professor of Health Economics, The University of Melbourne
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Associate Professor of Economics, The University of Melbourne
