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National affairs Jennifer Doggett 10 December 2018 Mental health inquiries are more frequent than iPhone updates, says one observer, yet the results have been disappointing. Do we need to radically change our assumptions?
National affairs Jennifer Doggett 24 October 2018 Fast-rising medical expenses are restricting access to healthcare and increasing long-term costs National affairs Melissa Sweet 16 October 2018 Australia’s innovative preventive health agency was closed down by the Abbott government. How — and in what form — should it be revived? National affairs Mike Steketee 1 October 2018 If altruism won’t motivate Australia to increase spending on eradicating tuberculosis, how about self-interest? National affairs Jennifer Doggett 25 September 2018 There’s a straightforward way of making sure more doctors work where they’re needed
National affairs Ruth Armstrong 24 July 2018 How My Health Record went viral for all the wrong reasons
Essays & reportage Ian Olver 12 July 2018 New research tools are revolutionising cancer therapies International Lesley Russell 28 May 2018 Maternal and infant mortality rates in the United States are already shamefully high, and the Trump administration’s policies are making them worse. But California is… Books & arts Mike Steketee 28 February 2018 The story of how a cure for scurvy was found, then lost, then found again offers a vital lesson for policy-makers National affairs Ruth Armstrong 8 February 2018 Over-the-counter sales are now a thing of the past. What needs to be done next?
National affairs Lesley Russell 15 December 2017 Governments have yet to create a coherent strategy to help the almost three million Australians providing informal care
National affairs Lesley Russell 27 November 2017 The growing dominance of private providers has led to lower standards of care. But will baby boomers put up with it? Essays & reportage Mike Steketee 16 November 2017 Could the National Disability Insurance Scheme be threatened by higher-than-expected diagnoses of autism and developmental delay? National affairs Lesley Russell 30 October 2017 The Productivity Commission’s healthcare recommendations might not go far enough, but they could still be too bold for the government National affairs Lesley Russell 17 October 2017 The government’s focus on private health insurance premiums ignores the real costs of a two-tiered system
National affairs Lesley Russell 29 September 2017 We know the placebo effect exists, but do we know enough about its medical potential?
International Lesley Russell 18 September 2017 Neither Bernie Sanders’s scheme nor its Republican counterpart has any chance of being adopted, but they make the battle lines clear National affairs Lesley Russell 31 August 2017 White coat or no white coat? It matters more than you might think Essays & reportage Ken Hillman 24 August 2017 Extract | An intensive care specialist argues for more help for the carers of people suffering cognitive decline Books & arts Stephen Duckett 7 August 2017 Books | Epidemiologist Geoffrey Kabat helps steer us through the claims and counter claims
Essays & reportage Melissa Sweet 3 August 2017 With state and federal governments overwhelmingly focused on big-ticket medical spending, can local initiatives fill the gaps?
National affairs Lesley Russell 28 July 2017 Surgery grips the imagination, but most of the vital healthcare work goes on elsewhere International Lesley Russell 2 July 2017 Lacking popular support or the endorsement of even a single state, the push for the Republican healthcare bill seems detached from reality National affairs Lesley Russell 6 June 2017 Despite the government’s resolve to defuse Labor’s Medicare attacks, the federal budget isn’t looking so generous under scrutiny National affairs Lesley Russell 8 May 2017 Hospitalisation can take a heavy toll on patients, but there are ways of reducing its impact
National affairs Mike Steketee 3 May 2017 And how much did Labor’s “Mediscare” campaign narrow the margin? The Australian Electoral Study has its answers
National affairs Stephen Duckett 31 March 2017 Tomorrow’s drug price reductions are good news, but more can be done to control spending on pharmaceuticals International Lesley Russell 23 March 2017 With new afterword | Surprise in Congress: healthcare reform is complicated and politically fraught National affairs Lesley Russell 21 March 2017 A promising federal government homelessness strategy dissipated for lack of funding and political will National affairs Stephen Duckett 7 March 2017 As other countries have shown, there are better ways to save half a billion each year in health spending