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Private health insurance premiums will rise from April 1, leaving consumers wondering if they should give it up or downgrade to save money.
Public hospitals in Australia are owned and operated by state (and territory) governments. So why does the Commonwealth government attract blame for lack of hospital funding?
We have lots of data about hospital safety, but it’s not used to make us safer or more comfortable when we’re admitted.
There may be some benefits to public hospitals treating more private patients.
Australians can’t tell which private hospital is safer then the next because the data isn’t publicly available. It’s time that changed.
For the first time in 15 years, as premiums and complaints rise, the proportion of the population with private health insurance is declining.
Around a quarter of people with private health insurance still choose to use the public system. Why?
Why is it so difficult to find out exactly how much it’s going to cost to have that suspicious mole removed or to be admitted to hospital for that colonoscopy or hip replacement?
What are the most common reasons for going to hospital? What can go wrong? What’s behind the state-Commonwealth funding fight? Our at-a-glance infographic has the answers.
State and territory leaders will meet in Sydney today to nut out solutions to health and education funding gaps. But what exactly is the problem they’re hoping to address?
It’s difficult to imagine how something as big as a baby’s head can come out of what appears to be a relatively small space. But during childbirth, the perineum – the area of skin and muscle between the…
Australia has high rates of medical and surgical intervention (including caesarean section) during birth, especially in private hospitals. While these interventions can be harmful if overused, people working…
Australian public interest regulators usually have a very imperfect picture of how much anti-competitive or fraudulent activity is occurring in areas such as health care. But there’s a better approach…
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