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A new social policy project on health is planned for 2007-08. The aim is to identify health reforms which will deliver efficiency and accountability to consumers, ensure their health needs are met, but keep government financing and control to a minimum. Proposed areas of research include:
- The appropriate balance in public and private provision of health care and the future role of government in supporting or encouraging private health insurance;
- The future of Medicare and bulk-billing; the financing of the Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme; the management and financing of the public hospital system;
- The ageing population and its implications for the future cost of both health care and long-term aged care;
- The role of government in preventative medicine and community health promotion
- The relevance to Australia of overseas innovations in health policy (e.g. the scope and potential for the development of personal health savings accounts as a way of complementing health insurance in funding health care costs);
- State versus federal responsibilities (and the impacts on complexity, inefficiency and cost-shifting);
- The health care needs of indigenous communities;
- The cost implications of new medical technologies ;
- Strategies for ensuring an adequate supply of medical practitioners.
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Jeremy Sammut has a PhD in history. His current research for the CIS focuses on ageing, new technology, and the sustainability of Medicare. Future research for the health programme will examine the role of preventative care in the health system and the management of public hospitals. |
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