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I went to talk to men at football matches about why they don’t want to become nurses – here’s what I found out.
Labor and the Coalition’s health policies and campaign strategy couldn’t be more different this election.
At the Brisbane launch Shorten will emphasise the link between the tough economic decisions Labor has made and the ability provided to spend on health and other services.
Health has taken centre stage of the election campaign. Here’s what you need to know to make sense of the claims (and counter claims) of the major parties so far.
Here’s how the Turnbull/Morrison government performed on hospitals, primary care, pharmaceuticals and private health insurance.
Expensive hospitals are what Australians want, but prevention and local solutions are what Australians need.
Hospital disinfectants could be creating superbugs.
Subsidies for private health insurance premiums cost the government over A$6 billion a year. Is it time to scrap the rebate and redirect these funds elsewhere in the health system?
Hospitals are now required to post their prices online. This approach is unlikely to change US health care – but better price transparency tools could actually reduce costs.
Do we really need to wear an embarrassing, backless gown in hospital?
The A$1.25 billion health funding boost isn’t based on any coherent policy direction. It’s designed to shore up support in marginal electorates.
The health program was unveiled as the federal, state and territories meet in Adelaide on Wednesday for the Council of Australian Governments with health one of the items on the agenda.
Canadian hospitals are ill-equipped to deal with the inpatient opioid crisis. Lack of specialist addictions care puts patients and staff at risk.
Australians are waiting too long for elective surgery, dental care and treatment for mental health. It’s no wonder health is a vote-changer.
Shortages and high prices are making pharmaceuticals, often including generics, out of reach for millions of Americans.
NHS Wales staff have been using their expertise and experience to suggest new ways of working.
Collaboration is key to successful partnerships.
Youth workers try to use a ‘window of opportunity’ to help young victims of violent crime get out of a cycle of violence.
New research shows women receive sub-optimal care after they have a heart attack and are twice as likely than men to die six months after the attack.
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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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Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra
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State Policy Director, Farley Health Policy Center; Associate Professor of Family Medicine, University of Colorado Anschutz
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Professor, Public Service Research, UNSW
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Emeritus Professor, Menzies Centre for Health Policy, University of Sydney
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Honorary Senior Fellow in Health Service Research, University of Birmingham
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Emeritus Professor, School of Public Health, Queensland University of Technology
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Professor of Medicine, Monash University
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Policy Head, Research Assets, Sax Institute; Co-Director, Australian Primary Health Care Research Institute, Australian National University
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Chair of Health Services Research, University of Southampton
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Assistant Professor of Nursing, University of Michigan
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Associate professor, University of Newcastle
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Reader in Health Economics, Centre for Health Economics, University of York
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Professor of Health and Social Care, University of Birmingham