Mental illness costs $180 billion, study reveals

31 October 2019 - One million Australians with mental health conditions ranging from anxiety and depression to psychosis and borderline ...

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High health care costs suggest review is needed: report

8 October 2019 - The federal government’s annual $6 billion spend on the health insurance rebate could be redirected to ...

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The financial cost of a cancer diagnosis leaves many patients in poverty

15 August 2019 - When Jane was diagnosed with bowel cancer 12 months ago she knew the physical and mental ...

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Costing methods applied to cancer

8 August 2019 - Health care is vital in improving quality and length of life.  ...

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Incorporating future medical costs: impact on cost-effectiveness analysis in cancer patients

12 June 2019 - The inclusion of future medical costs in cost-effectiveness analyses remains a controversial issue.  ...

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How much does it cost to have cancer?

14 April 2019 - Out-of-pocket costs are brutal sucker punches for cancer patients. Where do the costs come from? How steep ...

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Future costs in cost-effectiveness analyses: past, present, future

23 January 2019 - There has been considerable debate on the extent to which future costs should be included in cost-effectiveness ...

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Bitter pill over PBS savings shortfall

6 November 2018 - A key savings measure for the Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme came up $864 million short last year, ...

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Medicare-funded cancer genetic tests: a note of caution

3 September 2018 - Clinicians need appropriate education and support in keeping pace with the genomics revolution. ...

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Sydney Uni software helps hospitals cut medicine bill

25 July 2018 - A software platform developed at the University of Sydney could save Australia’s hospitals more than $100 ...

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The cost of cancer to Australia's economy

7 April 2018 - When breast cancer survivor Margie Foumakis was told she couldn’t come back to work part-time after ...

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Better health care helps fiscal health

24 October 2017 - The Treasurer’s recognition of the importance to the economy of integrated, patient-centred health care injects fresh ...

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Final budget outcomes reveal industry efforts to take pressure off PBS

26 September 2017 - The Final Budget Outcome papers released today reveal the enormous efforts of the members of Medicines ...

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Hi-tech hospital costs soar as almost half of stays top $10,000

4 July 2017 - Australian health funds paid more than $6.4 billion last year on claims that had a benefit ...

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Poor bone health costing Australia billions

26 June 2017 - New analysis released by Osteoporosis Australia estimates fractures caused by brittle bones will cost the health system ...

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