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Smarter spending: How to fix hospital funding - Podcast

Spending on Australia’s public hospitals has increased by an average of $3 billion every year in the past decade. Yet hospitals are still under strain. Ambulances are ramping outside emergency departments, waits for surgery are getting longer, and staff say they’re burning out. And demand will only grow as Australians gets older and sicker. There’s no doubt governments will have to spend more - but with ever more pressure on budgets, they’re going to need to be smarter about spending. On this podcast, health experts Peter Breadon and Elizabeth Baldwin discuss their new report, Smarter spending: Getting better care for every hospital dollar, and how to fix hospital funding in Australia. Read the report: https://grattan.edu.au/report/smarter... Chapters 00:00 Introduction: The Growing Strain on Australia's Public Hospitals 00:52 Current Issues with Hospital Funding 03:20 The Problem of Cost Variation in Hospitals 05:34 Systematic Issues and Persistent Waste 07:50 Government Roles and Responsibilities 09:19 Proposed Solutions for Smarter Spending 16:19 Consequences of Inaction 18:23 Conclusion and Call to Action