Public and Private Hospitals: Research report – Productivity Commission – report released 10 December 2009

Posted on December 10, 2009. Filed under: Health Economics, Health Mgmt Policy Planning | Tags: |

Public and Private Hospitals: Research report – Productivity Commission – report released 10 December 2009

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Public and Private Hospitals – Productivity Commission Discussion Draft Report – 15 October 2009

Posted on November 10, 2009. Filed under: Health Mgmt Policy Planning | Tags: |

Public and Private Hospitals – Productivity Commission Discussion Draft Report – 15 October 2009
“The Australian Government has asked the Productivity Commission to examine and report on the relative performance of the public and private hospital systems, and related data issues. As part of the study, the Commission has been requested to consider:

comparative hospital and medical [...]

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Overcoming Indigenous Disadvantage: Key Indicators 2009 – Productivity Commission – released on 2 July 2009

Posted on July 3, 2009. Filed under: Aboriginal TI Health | Tags: |

Overcoming Indigenous Disadvantage: Key Indicators 2009 – Productivity Commission – released on 2 July 2009
In April 2002, the Council of Australian Governments commissioned the Steering Committee to produce a regular report against key indicators of Indigenous disadvantage. This report has an important long-term objective. It is to inform Australian governments about whether policy programs and [...]

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Performance of Public and Private Hospital Systems: Issues paper – Australia – Productivity Commission 22 June 2009

Posted on June 23, 2009. Filed under: Health Systems Improvement, Nat Hlth & Hosps Reform Comm | Tags: |

Performance of Public and Private Hospital Systems: Issues paper – Australia – Productivity Commission 22 June 2009
Full text of the paper:
Performance of Public and Private Hospital Systems issues paper (PDF – 322 Kb)   An issues paper for the study on the Performance of Public and Private Hospital Systems was released on 22 June 2009.
“The issues [...]

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Performance of Public and Private Hospital Systems – Commissioned study by the Productivity Commission 15 May 2009

Posted on May 15, 2009. Filed under: Health Systems Improvement, Nat Hlth & Hosps Reform Comm | Tags: |

Performance of Public and Private Hospital Systems – Commissioned study
Issues paper released 22 June 2009
Performance of Public and Private Hospital Systems issues paper (PDF – 322 Kb)
“The Australian Government has asked the Productivity Commission to examine and report on the relative performance of the public and private hospital systems, and related data issues. As part [...]

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Productivity Commission to review the contribution of the not-for-profit sector March 2009

Posted on April 17, 2009. Filed under: NGOs / Third Sector | Tags: |

Productivity Commission to review the contribution of the not-for-profit sector
Commissioned study
On 17 March 2009, the Productivity Commission received a terms of reference from the Government asking it to undertake a commissioned study on the contributions of the not for profit sector.
The study’s focus is on:
improving the measurement of the sector’s contributions
removing obstacles to maximising its [...]

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Evidence-based policy-making: What is it? How do we get it?

Posted on April 8, 2009. Filed under: Health Policy, Workforce | Tags: |

Evidence-based policy-making: What is it? How do we get it? Productivity Commission Chairman Gary Banks gave a speech at the Australian and New Zealand School of Government (ANZSOG)/Australian National University (ANU) Lecture Series on 4 February 2009.
Early versions of the paper were presented to an Australian Public Service Commission ‘Leader-to-Leader’ seminar in October 2008, and [...]

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Review of Mutual Recognition Schemes [Australia]

Posted on April 8, 2009. Filed under: Health Professions, Workforce | Tags: , |

Review of Mutual Recognition Schemes – Research report released on 6 February 2009 from the Productivity Commission
The Mutual Recognition Agreement and the Trans-Tasman Mutual Recognition Arrangement are innovative mechanisms for reducing the costs of regulatory differences among Australian jurisdictions and between Australia and New Zealand.
In this second five yearly review of the schemes, the Commission [...]

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