How to fix hospital funding

Grattan Institute by Grattan Institute

Nov 24, 202500:19:08Government & Organizations

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 surg...

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