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MNCLHD

Wednesday, April 28, 2010

Modelling options for the public funding of hospital medicines in Australia

The National Health and Hospital Reform Commission (NHHRC) has published a report which:

  • reviews hospital pharmacy in Australia and the current system for the public funding of hospital medicines in Australia;
  • identifies the key issues and problems that exist with the current funding and bureaucratic arrangements;
  • develops a system dynamics model to estimate the clinical, economic and organisational consequences of proposals for reform; and identifies possible options for reform and evaluate the likely impact of a select few within the policy context of NHHRC deliberations and recommendations.

Read the full text in pdf here.

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