Many studies show public funding of private health care can be more expensive and less equitable. A truly evidence-based health system would acknowledge this.
- Associate Professor in Public Health and Social Justice, University of Canterbury
When people with lived experience contribute to the design and delivery of health care and research, it means services are used more and fairer outcomes achieved.
Group therapy can be at least as effective as individual therapy. It improves mental health by giving people a stronger sense of belonging – without medicines, hospitals or expensive professionals.
Despite a reported 6,500% global increase in doctors recommending mental health apps to patients, research suggests they can never substitute for traditional person-to-person care.
World Health Day is shining a light on local responses to health challenges. It’s time New Zealand takes that message to heart and works with local communities for a fairer health system.
COVID-19 has overwhelmed India’s hospitals partly because decades of under-investment in public health have left the country with one of the most privatised health systems in the world.
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