Director of Medicine for Macarthur Health, Dr Brad Frankum, speaks about a wasteful use of resources, media sensationalism, micro-management from above and professional abdication of responsibility. He calls for greater community participation in the governance of public hospitals and for doctors to trust their clinical judgement and consider the opportunity cost of various procedures.
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Monthly Archives:: May 2005
Generic Medicines
‘US pharmaceutical companies don’t like the way that Australia, through the PBAC, sets drug prices. The Australian system brings great benefit to the Australian consumer. Dr David Henry has insider experience on the PBAC and describes how it works
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This week in the Policy Portal
The Policy Portal has two important articles on health. Is there a crisis in NSW hospitals? by Brad Frankum
Generic Medicines by David Henry. We have updated the policy section to enable readers to comment directly on policy articles. We encourage you to join in the discussion of these papers
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How do we define fair?
Two decades of neoliberal cant has lessened expectations of our government …’ by Des Griffin
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Is Australia’s egalitarian society slipping away?
Focussing on the role that egalitarian values might play in a fair society, by Fred Argy more
Where do we start?
How can schools provide equality of opportunity? by Don Aitkin more
Dog whistle welfare
Eva Cox writes, ‘If the Government were upfront about its reluctance to fund all low income households to stay at home with children, they would not find so much support.’
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Pharmacies and Competition
Limits to competition in the pharmacy sector impose large costs on consumers, taxpayers and the wider community.
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Labor’s Malaise and What to Do About It: Mending the ALP
After four successive federal election defeats, the high cost of inaction … is plainly evident. Its effect has been to hollow out the party’s real membership … and impair its capacity for effective policy development and advocacy. By Race Mathews
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