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Health Care Reform

What is the health service for?

John Menadue
MJA 2008; 189 (3): 170-171

We need a set of precise principles to underpin and drive health policy in Australia

Key propositions

  • The federal government should outline the principles to inform the work of the National Health and Hospitals Reform Commission and others advising on or implementing national health policy.

  • The federal government should establish an independent and professional “Romanow-type” commission2 to engage widely with the Australian community on the design principles for health care in Australia. That commission should have an ongoing role to consult with the community and report publicly to the government on whether its health programs are consistent with the agreed principles, and on the effectiveness of health departments and health units in implementing these principles.

Other articles have cited this article:

→  Gavin H Mooney. The people principle in Australian health care Med J Aust 2008; 189 (3): 171-172. [Health Care Reform] <http://www.mja.com.au/public/issues/189_03_040808/moo10648_fm.html>

→  Martin B Van Der Weyden. Health policy and reform: gathering the evidence Med J Aust 2008; 189 (3): 169-170. [Health Care Reform] <http://www.mja.com.au/public/issues/189_03_040808/van10757_fm.html>

→  John M Dwyer. Fixing the problems that beset the Australian hospital system Med J Aust 2008; 189 (4): 220-221. [Health Care Reform] <http://www.mja.com.au/public/issues/189_04_180808/dwy10645_fm.html>

→  Michael R Kidd, Ian T Watts and Deborah C Saltman. Primary health care reform: equity is the key Med J Aust 2008; 189 (4): 221-222. [Health Care Reform] <http://www.mja.com.au/public/issues/189_04_180808/kid10646_fm.html>

→  John Menadue. Policy is easy, implementation is hard Med J Aust 2008; 189 (7): 384-385. [Health Care Reform] <http://www.mja.com.au/public/issues/189_07_061008/men10644_fm.html>

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