This paper recommends more public discussion, including an education campaign, about the limits of health care as death approaches and the need to focus on end-of-life care. Overview This report is about how, where and with whom we die. The baby boomers are growing old, and in the next 25 years the number of Australians...

There is an old joke about one fish asking another about the state of the water and the other answering “what’s water?” When you’re immersed in something and that is your daily experience, you are not able to step outside it – all you see is what you know. But with all the talk about...

Enabling less highly-trained hospital workers to play a bigger role could improve jobs for doctors and nurses, save public hospitals nearly $430 million a year and fund treatment for more than 85,000 extra people, argues this report.

A better pricing system for public hospital treatment would show where costs are too high, and free up $1 billion for more and better health care, argues this report.

This report argues that Australia has a long way to go before consumers pay fair prices for pharmaceuticals. Overview Grattan Institute’s March 2013 report, Australia’s bad drug deal, showed that Australians paid more than $1 billion a year too much for prescription drugs. The problem is how the government sets prices. Vested interests are involved...