To the Editor: Macneil and colleagues1 present evidence of how inadequate resourcing of acute kidney stone care for public patients in New South Wales is compromising their surgical outcomes compared with private patients. In our experience, the same difference exists elsewhere in Australia.
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- 1 Sir Charles Gairdner Hospital, Perth, WA.
- 2 Royal Adelaide Hospital, Adelaide, SA.
- 3 Monash Medical Centre, Melbourne, VIC.
Correspondence: rjdavies@cyllene.uwa.edu.au
- 1. Macneil F, Macneil JWH, Fraser KL, Brooks AJ. Management of kidney stone disease in New South Wales: an observational study [letter]. Med J Aust 2008; 189: 596-597. <eMJA full text> <MJA full text>
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