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National Affairs Jennifer Doggett 24 October 2018 Fast-rising medical expenses are restricting access to healthcare and increasing long-term costs
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
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 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
National Affairs Lesley Russell 28 July 2017 Surgery grips the imagination, but most of the vital healthcare work goes on elsewhere
Books & Arts Nick Haslam 3 July 2017 Books | When does consciousness end and unconsciousness begin? 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 Essays & Reportage Julie Shiels 1 December 2016 In a world-leading public health measure, highly effective anti-virals have been made available to treat Hepatitis C under the Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme Podcasts Peter Clarke 24 November 2016 Peter Clarke talks to Bio21 researcher Chris Armstrong about new research that challenges popular views of this enigmatic illness
National Affairs Lesley Russell 5 August 2016 More consultation, more investment and a wider view of healthcare needs – these are the necessary elements of an innovative scheme that could transform patient care, writes…
Essays & Reportage Frank Bowden 13 April 2016 Working out whether a treatment works, and for how many people, is trickier than it sounds, writes Frank Bowden. Here’s how you should go about doing it Essays & Reportage Frank Bowden 11 March 2016 Vaccination is not only justified by self-interest, writes Frank Bowden. It is also an act of altruism Books & Arts Ben Wade 19 November 2015 Books | Through agitation, confrontation, persuasion and legislation a group of reformers helped shape today’s medical landscape, writes Ben Wade National Affairs Lesley Russell 13 November 2015 Nervousness about the end point of the federal government’s review of private health insurance is entirely justified, writes Lesley Russell
National Affairs Ian McAuley & Jennifer Doggett & John Menadue 29 October 2015 Private health insurers are simply intermediaries between consumers and well-organised suppliers, write Ian McAuley, Jennifer Doggett and John Menadue.…
National Affairs John Quiggin 2 August 2015 Negotiations for a Trans-Pacific Partnership Agreement have run aground on Washington’s attempt to restrict rather than free up medicines, writes John Quiggin Books & Arts Frank Bowden 17 December 2014 Books | Atul Gawande has written an important book about the limits of medicine Books & Arts David Le Couteur 28 July 2014 Why do so many dementia researchers hold to a single theory so fervently? An unsettling new book throws light on entrenched beliefs, writes David Le Couteur National Affairs Chris Del Mar 17 July 2014 The evidence has been clear for years: without a cutback in the use of antibiotics, healthcare faces major disruption