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Health services under siege: the case for clinical process redesign

Stephen F Wilson and Nicholas Collins
MJA 2008; 189 (4): 238-240

To the Editor: The authors of the recent supplement on clinical process redesign have shown that improvement can occur in the efficiency and quality of hospital care.1 They acknowledged that this process was accompanied by an investment in external consultants and a boost to the system of 1800 beds. These interventions were necessary, and have been successful in the short term. However, these measures alone may not be sustainable for hospitals in the long term with the projected needs for the health care of an ageing population.2

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