Stopping the death spiral: creating a future for private health
REPORTby Stephen Duckett and Greg Moran
Australia’s private health industry urgently needs a rescue plan to prevent it spiralling to its death.
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Health and Aged Care Program Director
Stephen DuckettDr Stephen Duckett has held top operational and policy leadership positions in health care in Australia and Canada, including as Secretary of what is now the Commonwealth Department of Health. He has a reputation for creativity, evidence-based innovation, and reform in areas ranging from the introduction of activity-based funding for hospitals to new systems of accountability for the safety of hospital care. An economist, he is a Fellow of the Academy of the Social Sciences in Australia and of the Australian Academy of Health and Medical Sciences.
Information about Stephen Duckett’s academic publications are available on Google Scholar.
Program Topics
Reports
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19 May 2021
Stopping the death spiral: creating a future for private health -
18 April 2021
The next steps for aged care: Forging a clear path after the Royal Commission -
6 December 2020
Climate change and health: preparing for the next disaster -
29 November 2020
Reforming aged care: a practical plan for a rights-based system -
4 October 2020
Rethinking aged care: emphasising the rights of older Australians
News & Opinion
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8 June 2021
What the Medicare changes are all about — and why they should be deferred -
1 June 2021
The problem with private payments in the health system -
25 May 2021
What next for private healthcare? -
19 May 2021
How to tackle vaccine hesitancy -
19 May 2021
Four ways to fix private health insurance
Podcasts
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4 June 2021
How to fix Australia’s COVID vaccine rollout -
20 April 2021
Why Australia should have a universal aged care system -
15 March 2021
What now for aged care? – Podcast -
7 December 2020
Climate change and health: preparing for the next disaster – Podcast
Submissions
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10 February 2021
How to reform the prosthesis market -
12 October 2020
Australia needs to rethink capital financing of residential aged care -
18 September 2020
Lessons from Victoria’s COVID-19 failures -
16 June 2020
The consequences of private involvement in healthcare
Presentations
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26 November 2020
Charting the long fight against COVID-19 -
15 November 2020
Grattan’s work to improve Australia’s health system -
28 April 2020
The role of boards during the pandemic -
4 December 2019
Saving private health
Events
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23 April 2021
The next steps for aged care: forging a clear path after the Royal Commission -
27 November 2020
Rethinking Aged Care – Webinar Event -
06 July 2020
How Australia can recover from the COVID-19 crisis – Webinar event -
10 June 2020
Webinar Event: How our health system can be better after the pandemic -
27 March 2020
The economic, budgetary and health impacts of COVID-19: webinar