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The budget forecast steep NDIS costs, but also allocated funds to review and support the scheme in sustainable ways that could contribute positively to the economy.
Poorer Australians have shorter life expectancies and are more likely to live with long-term health conditions than their wealthier peers.
The budget gets on with the job of implementing the health policies already promised. But there’s still more to do to get the new government’s policy settings right.
The greatest workforce challenge Australia faces is in health, an issue that will likely be with us for another decade. Here’s one way to fix it.
We studied 1,709 aged care homes over five years and found increases in the use of ‘agency’ staff impacted quality of care. Ahead of the federal jobs summit, the sector faces ongoing challenges.
How can we get better primary health care access, quality and affordability that Labor has promised? We need to learn from what’s worked and failed overseas.
Some NDIS participants worry if they don’t spend their annual funds, they won’t be offered the same supports in their next plan – and it’s harder for some to use what they’ve been allocated.
Appointing an assistant minister for autism signals the neurodevelopmental condition is a priority – but a focus on it shouldn’t come at the expense of other conditions.
Legislation now entering parliament aims to make Aotearoa New Zealand smokefree by 2025. Forecast effects show huge potential health gains, especially for Māori.
Hospitals are struggling, with ambulances ramping outside emergency departments and patients facing long waits for care. But doing more of the same won’t fix the problem.
What do disadvantaged communities need to weather long COVID? Ask them.
The rate of very high psychological distress is rising most steeply in the middle aged, especially in middle-aged women on low incomes. New funding should match this need.
Only a fraction of aged care homes currently have staffing levels above the new minimum ratios that will be mandatory from next year.
Primary care and COVID will be the top two challenges for new government. But the likely ministers have strong credentials.
But are the major parties really focusing on the right issues?
Labor’s election pledge for Medicare includes some additional funding, but to strengthen the system, it needs to improve people’s access to doctors.
There are solutions to long surgery wait lists and workforce shortages, if the major parties had the bravery to commit to reform.
While states are responsible for running hospitals, the federal government shares responsibility for paying for them. But it’s an uneasy relationship.
Medicare has been mentioned a lot this election campaign. But what have the major parties actually promised? Five experts grade their policies.
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Honorary Enterprise Professor, School of Population and Global Health, and Department of General Practice and Primary Care, The University of Melbourne
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Program Director, Health and Aged Care, Grattan Institute
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Professor of Health Economics, Monash University
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Professor, Public Service Research, UNSW Sydney
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Jim Gillespie adalah Sahabat The Conversation.
Associate Professor in Health Policy, Menzies Centre for Health Policy & Sydney School of Public Health, University of Sydney
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Reader in Health Economics, Centre for Health Economics, University of York
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Lecturer, Public Sector Finance, University of Canberra
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Adjunct Associate Professor, Menzies Centre for Health Policy, University of Sydney
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Emeritus Professor, Menzies Centre for Health Policy, University of Sydney
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Senior Policy Adviser, National Rural Health Alliance; Adjunct Lecturer, University of Sydney
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Professor and Director, Macquarie University Centre for the Health Economy, Macquarie University
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Professor of Health Economics and Director, Centre for Health Economics Research and Evaluation, University of Technology Sydney
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Associate, Grattan Institute
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Professor, Centre for Health Policy, Melbourne School of Population and Global Health, The University of Melbourne
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Health economist, University of Sydney
