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Rationing versus increased taxes

Jeremy W Butler
Med J Aust 2010; 193 (1): . || doi: 10.5694/j.1326-5377.2010.tb03755.x
Published online: 5 July 2010

To the Editor: A recent commentary from the Editor of the Journal1 raises the health-funding dilemma facing current and future Australian governments. All stakeholders in the health industry need to dispassionately scrutinise the role of current models in perpetuating inefficient or socially discriminatory patterns of care.


  • Logan-Beaudesert Mental Health Service, Logan Hospital, Logan, QLD.



  • 1. Van Der Weyden MB. From the editor’s desk. Rationing versus increased taxes. Med J Aust 2010; 192: 297. <MJA full text>
  • 2. Sachs JD. Common wealth: economics for a crowded planet. London: Penguin Books, 2008.
  • 3. Peterson CL, Burton R. US health care spending: comparison with other OECD countries. Washington, DC: Congressional Research Service, 2007. http://assets.opencrs.com/rpts/RL34175_20070917.pdf (accessed May 2010).
  • 4. Glenngård AH, Hjalte F, Svensson M, et al. Health systems in transition: Sweden. Copenhagen: European Observatory on Health Systems and Policies, 2005. http://www.euro.who.int/document/e88669.pdf (accessed May 2010).

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