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Why don't we know how many people die in our hospitals?

  • Written by Philip Clarke, Professor of Health Economics, University of Melbourne
imageIt's pretty astounding to know we don't know how many people die in our hospitals. from www.shutterstock.com.au

About this time last year, Australia’s National Health Performance Authority (NHPA) decided not to release data on death rates across Australia’s hospitals. This is the type of scandal we should be concerned about, rather than...

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