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Private Health Insurance Ombudsman report shows record complaints, driven by Medibank
17 October 2016 - For thousands of Australians, health insurance is causing anger, distress and frustration instead of providing the ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 17 Oct 2016
Sussan Ley’s new push on prosthesis pricing
18 October 2016 - Market forces may be used to bring down the cost of prostheses in the private sector, ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 16 Oct 2016
Public hospital cost-shifting gets reform priority
17 October 2016 - The billion-dollar trend of public hospitals billing health insurers for the cost of treating members — ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 16 Oct 2016
Rare cancer sufferers face long waits, high costs for treatment
16 October 2016 - Lillian Leigh was taking in the view from the train on her way home from work ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 13 Oct 2016
Drugs and manners of administration that meet the F2/multi-brand criteria (30 month clock for originator removal calculation) for the 2017 April Cycle
14 October 2016 - A list of drugs and manners of administration that meet the F2/multi-brand criteria (30 month clock for ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 12 Oct 2016
The medical tests and treatments you should think twice about
13 October 2016 - Australians and their doctors are wasting money on potentially harmful tests and treatments, including some for ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 12 Oct 2016
Reform critical in healthcare but lacking clear direction
11 October 2016 - While the overwhelming consensus among health professionals and politicians is Australia's health system in its current ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 12 Oct 2016
PBAC Guidelines
12 October 2016 - The PBAC has endorsed version 5.0 of their guidelines. ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 11 Oct 2016
Non-inferiority trials: are they inferior? A systematic review of reporting in major medical journals
7 October 2016 - Academic researchers from the UK have assessed the adequacy of reporting of non-inferiority trials alongside the ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 11 Oct 2016
A comparative study of drug listing recommendations and the decision-making process in Australia, the Netherlands, Sweden, and the UK
11 October 2016 - Drug listing recommendations from health technology assessment agencies often fail to coincide with one another. ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 10 Oct 2016
Health and aged care are the new productivity reform frontier, Parkinson says
10 October 2016 - Australia needs to improve the productivity of its health and aged care sectors if it is ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 10 Oct 2016
Panadol Osteo price hike statement ambiguous but not misleading: ACCC
10 October 2016 - Statements linking a price increase of Panadol Osteo to its removal from the Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme were ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 09 Oct 2016
Personal health spending: boom in vitamins, supplements, painkillers
7 October 2016 - Almost a third of personal health spending is on vitamins, supplements, over-the-counter painkillers and other unsubsidised ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 09 Oct 2016
Guild submission to Pharmacy Review
5 October 2016 - The Pharmacy Guild of Australia has lodged its submission in response to the Review of Pharmacy ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 04 Oct 2016
Costs and concerns in cancer care
5 October 2016 - Some recently developed anticancer drugs appear to be a major advance. ...