All complications should count: Using our data to make hospitals safer
REPORTby Stephen Duckett and Christine Jorm
One in nine patients who go into hospital suffers a complication, and the risk varies dramatically depending on the hospital. An extra 250,000 patients would leave hospital complication-free each year if all hospitals lifted their performance to match the best 10 per cent of hospitals.
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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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4 February 2018
All complications should count: Using our data to make hospitals safer -
7 November 2017
Strengthening safety statistics: How to make hospital safety data more useful -
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
News & Opinion
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8 May 2018
Turnbull government backs pharmacies over consumers, yet again -
2 May 2018
Palliative care funding needs reform -
16 April 2018
Palliative care budget needs to be better spent -
7 March 2018
How to fund better palliative care -
15 February 2018
Online Hospital Complications Calculator launched
Speeches & Events
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17 April 2018
Safer care saves money – Melbourne -
15 August 2017
Safety and Quality – time to stop just goggling at the problems our data reveals – Melbourne -
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