Building better foundations for primary care
REPORTby Stephen Duckett and Hal Swerissen
Simple reforms to Australia’s health system could help save more than $320 million a year on avoidable hospital admissions and provide better care for people with diabetes, asthma, heart disease and other chronic conditions.
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Health 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 Science.
Information about Stephen Duckett’s academic publications are available on Google Scholar.
Program Topics
Reports
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1 May 2017
Building better foundations for primary care -
5 March 2017
Cutting a better drug deal -
22 November 2016
A sugary drinks tax: recovering the community costs of obesity -
24 July 2016
Perils of place: identifying hotspots of health inequality -
14 June 2016
Orange Book 2016: priorities for the next Commonwealth Government
News & Opinion
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30 May 2017
Why the seemingly tidy, leaked proposal for hospital funding may be a problem policy -
11 May 2017
Canada should take health care lessons from Australia -
9 May 2017
Budget 2017 sees Medicare rebate freeze slowly lifted and more funding for the NDIS: experts respond -
3 May 2017
Questionable care in Australia: moving from reporting to action -
1 May 2017
Money given to GPs from ending the Medicare rebate freeze should target reform
Speeches & Events
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21 March 2017
Fighting obesity: one tax and one community at a time -
13 October 2016
What do we know about the safety of hospital care? – Sydney -
11 October 2016
What do we know about the safety of hospital care? – Melbourne -
16 August 2016
Getting primary care right -
18 June 2015
Chronic failure: next steps for primary care