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The health sector can learn from other industries that turn to operations research to fix everyday challenges. Anna Jurkovska/Shutterstock

Hospitals don’t need increased funding, they need to make better use of what they’ve got

Mark Mackay, Flinders University; Campbell Thompson, University of Adelaide; Don Campbell, Monash University; Geoff McDonnell, UNSW ; Joachim Sturmberg, University of Newcastle; Leonid Churilov, Florey Institute of Neuroscience and Mental Health; Malgorzata O'Reilly, University of Tasmania; Mark Fackrell, The University of Melbourne; Nigel Bean, University of Adelaide; Paul Harper, Cardiff University; Peter Taylor, The University of Melbourne; Robert Adams, University of Adelaide; Terry Young, Brunel University of London; David Green, University of Adelaide; Jennifer Morgan, Cardiff University; Sally McClean, Ulster University, and Thierry Chaussalet, University of Westminster

Fixing the hospital system is not just a matter of more funding. Hospitals need to work smarter, not harder.
As the queue grows, small increases in waiting times soon turn into dramatic spikes. Fotoluminate LLC/Shutterstock

GP co‑payment would increase emergency department wait times

Mark Mackay, Flinders University; Campbell Thompson, University of Adelaide; Dale Ward, Flinders University; David Green, University of Adelaide; Don Campbell, Monash University; Geoff McDonnell, UNSW ; Leonid Churilov, Florey Institute of Neuroscience and Mental Health; Malgorzata O'Reilly, University of Tasmania; Mark Fackrell, The University of Melbourne; Nigel Bean, University of Adelaide; Peter Taylor, The University of Melbourne; Robert Adams, University of Adelaide, and Shaowen Qin, Flinders University

The introduction of a GP co-payment could see average emergency department visits increase by between six minutes and almost three hours, new modelling shows, as more patients opt for free hospital care…
The health budget isn’t limitless: decisions have to be made about to how to allocate funding between competing choices. AAP/Dave Hunt

Health funding under the microscope – but what should we pay for?

Mark Mackay, Flinders University

In the sixth part of our series Health Rationing, Mark Mackay examines the latest think tank blueprint to rein in Australia’s rising health costs. But he warns that before funding models are adjusted…

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