Health services administration

Real life happens outside hospitals

Frank R Jones MB BCh, DRCOG, FRACGP

Patient-reported data show that changes to GP fees and Medicare rebates need to be considered with caution

Richard De Abreu Lourenco MEc(Hons) · Patricia Kenny MPH · Marion R Haas PhD · Jane P Hall PhD

Being involved in politics during the Whitlam era, even on the other side, was exhilarating

John B Best AO, MD BS, PhD, DSc(Hon)

Consequences of the recent resignation of the main termination of pregnancy provider in the Top End

Suzanne Belton PhD, BSocSc(Hons) · Caroline M de Costa PhD, MPH, FRANZCOG · Andrea Whittaker PhD, BA(Hons)

Most Australian clinical guidelines lack reliance on evidence and transparency about authors and any conflicts of interest

Davina Ghersi · Warwick P Anderson

Planning and community-based palliative care can make it possible for more people to die at home

Hal Swerissen BAppSc, BA(Hons), MAppPsych · Stephen J Duckett PhD, DSc, FASSA

Despite inherent challenges, high-quality antenatal health care is provided in immigration detention centres

Mark Parrish FRACGP, MHA, FRACMA · Anthony Renshaw MRCS(Ed), MFMLM, MD(Res) · Gregory J Duncombe CSCT(FMP), FRANZCOG, CMFM · Paul J Bretz MB BS, FRANZCOG · William J Milford MB BS(Hon), FRANZCOG

How to ensure evidence-based and efficient use of pathology services

Denis Spelman FRACP, FRCPA, MPH

An example of how boycotting the system can achieve result

Robert J Davies MB BS, FRACS

The case against immigration detention is irrefutable

on behalf of the J'Accuse Coalition and Doctors for Refugees*

In north-west Tasmania, GP-type ED presentations occurred up to three times as often as in Perth

Penny L Allen BA(Hons), MPH, PhD · Colleen Cheek RN, BSc, MIS · Marielle Ruigrok MB BS, B(Med)Sc, FACEM

Evidence for the need for advanced care planning and end-of-life treatment goals

Michele Levinson MD, FRACP, FCICM · Amber Mills PhD, BA(Hons)

An increase in admissions suggests a major change in hospital health care delivery

Christopher J O’Callaghan MB BS, FRACP, MD

Increased admissions reflect the increased severity and complexity of patients’ conditions

Jack Chen MB BS, PhD, MBA(Exec) · Kenneth M Hillman MD, FRCA, FCICM

An updated guideline relevant for all sections of the community

and the extended voting group*

For decades Australia has led the way in large-scale approaches in key areas of prevention

Greg Johnson BPharm, MBA · Jane E Martin BA(Hons), MPH · Amy Timoshanko BAppSci(Hons), PhD

Full fee-paying students are more likely to choose urban locations and higher-income specialties

Richard B Hays PhD, MD, FRACGP · Kathleen R Lockhart MB BS · Edward Teo MB BS, DipHSc (ParamedCare) · Janie Smith EdD, MPHC · David Waynforth PhD

Governor John Kitzhaber and the place of doctors in politics

John B Best AO, MD BS, PhD, DSc(Hon)

Student background and clinical education act synergistically

Judith N Hudson BM BS, MSc, PhD · Jennifer A May BMed(Hons), FRACGP, FACRRM

A strong positive interaction between rural background and rural clinical school exposure

Srinivas Kondalsamy-Chennakesavan MB BS, MPH, FRSPH · Diann S Eley PhD, MSc, BSc · Geetha Ranmuthugala MB BS, PhD · Alan B Chater MB BS, FACRRM, FRACGP · Maree R Toombs PhD · Deepak Darshan MB BS, MASc, PhD · Geoffrey C Nicholson PhD, FRACP, FRCP

Is the copayment proposed by the federal government really a bad idea?

Michael Keane BM BS, FANZCA

Collaboration with industry ensures returns on research

Timothy M Dyke

Vigilance is needed to keep supply, training and the working environment strong

Tarun Sen Gupta FRACGP, FACRRM, PhD

Rural people have high needs but experienced practitioners prefer cities

Leonard A Crocombe

It is difficult to find agreement on the best ways to measure patient safety in hospitals

Kenneth M Hillman MD, FRCA, FCICM · Richard Lilford PhD, FRCP, FFPH · Jeffrey Braithwaite BA, PhD, FCHSM