Health Policy
Health Policy
Questioning the System
Very few if any politicians take on the powerful health industry. But in a policy sense is the sector ‘clean’? Why is so much money wasted? Why is it so hard to find a GP? And why are health bureaucracies so large?
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Dental
Why is it so expensive to visit a dentist and why are the waiting times so long? Going to the dentist seems to be a privilege those on lower incomes simply cannot afford. Is it time for a public dental system?
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Surgeons and Professional Closure
Sociologists refer to the phrase ‘professional closure’ to illustrate how powerful professions limit competition by excluding graduates; purely to keep incomes high. But does this occur and is there a solution to training more surgeons?
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Private Health
Is it the case - as suggested by key authors - that we are heading down the US model of corporate health care where access is only provided to the wealthy? How does our private health system stack up and is it value for money?
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Pharmaceutical Industry
A lot of people rely heavily on the pharmaceutical industry and yet the sector cops a lot of criticism. Is the criticism warranted and is the sector really profiting off people’s misery?
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Cancer Research
Over the past 20 years hundreds of cancer research organisations have popped up. Billions is being spent but are we making in-roads? Moreover, what happens with your money when so many organisations duplicate administrative back houses?
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Ambulance Ramping
We hear and we see on the news almost monthly ambulances ramped and blocked up at hospitals waiting to be triaged. Why is it occurring and are there genuine policy solutions to alleviate these concerns for ambos and patients?
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Projects
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Dr David Swinbourne looks at bulk billing.
Dr Swinbourne looks at bulk billing and questions whether it is sustainable given the lack of policy oversight and governance on what is a multi-billion dollar big ticket item.
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Dean Logan - Is the future preventative medicine?
Dean looks at the reactive element of modern medicine and questions whether public money should not be better spent on preventative health.
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Sue Ling analyses health bureacracies
Sue addresses the blow out of health bureaucracies and provides some interesting insights to questions people have been asking for decades when it comes to the sheer growth and size of health administrations.
