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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13 October 2017
Changes to lure young people into private health insurance won’t slow increase in premiums -
22 September 2017
Australia’s health system is enviable, but there’s room for improvement -
18 September 2017
Walking and chewing gum – submission to the Department of Health’s Options Paper -
18 August 2017
How to get a better bang for our health buck – submission Senate committee inquiry -
14 August 2017
Why it costs you so much to see a specialist – and what the government should do about it
Speeches & Events
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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 -
16 August 2016
Getting primary care right