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Greg Hunt's plan to reduce hospital admissions won't work if he can't measure successes and failures

  • Written by Joan Henderson, Senior Research Fellow (Honorary)., University of Sydney

The controversial issue of hospital funding will be up for discussion again today as state health ministers meet at the COAG Health Council. Earlier this week, The Australian newspaper reported the federal health minister, Greg Hunt, might consider a ten-year funding deal with the states, rather than the normal five-year agreement. But this would...

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