Private hospitals in Australia / Productivity Commission
- Bib ID:
- 1622446
- Format:
- Book
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- Printer:
- (Canberra : Ausinfo).
- Description:
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- Melbourne : Productivity Commission, c1999
- xix, 162 p. ; 25 cm.
- ISBN:
- 1740371208
- Series:
- Commission research paper (Australia. Productivity Commission).
- Summary:
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The Commission acts as Secretariat for the Review of Commonwealth/State Service Provision's work on monitoring the performance of health and other government services. This research report on Australia's private hospital industry had its origins in the Commission's private health insurance inquiry. That inquiry raised a range of issues relating to demand for, and the efficiency of, private hospital services; and the nature of contracting between hospitals, health funds and doctors. This report addresses those and other relevant issues. The primary objectives of the report are informational: to provide a comprehensive overview of the private hospital industry and to detail the key factors affecting its performance. While the report draws attention to a number of related policy issues warranting examination, it does not contain any detailed policy analysis or recommendations.
- Full contents:
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- Chapter 1. Scope of the paper
- 1.1. Scope of the report
- 1.2. Information sources
- 1.3. Report outline
- ch. 2. The private hospital industry
- 2.1. The private sector's role in the delivery of hospital services
- 2.2. Defining the private hospital industry for this study
- 2.3. Industry structure and activity
- 2.4. Mergers and hospital diversification
- ch. 3. The market for private hospital services
- 3.1. Market definition
- 3.2. Market participants
- ch. 4. Financial performance
- 4.1. Private hospital revenues
- 4.2. Private hospital costs
- 4.3. Profitability
- ch. 5. Broader performance indicators
- 5.1. Hospital efficiency
- 5.2. Quality of care
- 5.3. Appropriateness of care
- ch. 6. The regulatory and legislative environment
- 6.1. State and Territory regulation
- 6.2. Commonwealth regulation of the private hospital industry
- ch. 7. Competition in the private hospital market
- 7.1. The relationship between private hospitals and doctors
- 7.2. The relationship between private hospitals and health funds
- 7.3. The relationship between health funds and doctors
- 7.4. The Trade Practices Act and the ACCC
- 7.5. Other competitive aspects of the private hospital market
- ch. 8. Broad drivers of demand for private hospital services
- 8.1. Income growth and distribution
- 8.2. Population growth and ageing
- 8.3. Technological developments
- 8.4. Community attitudes to health care
- ch. 9. Some future policy issues
- 9.1. Industry-specific issues
- 9.2. Some broader health policy issues.
- Notes:
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- "December 1999".
- "Ian Bickerdyke was the primary researcher for the report"--Foreword.
- Bibliography: p. 159-162.
- Also available on the Internet at: http://www.pc.gov.au.
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