Clearing the elective surgery backlog will take more than one budget. It’ll need major reform
- Written by Henry Cutler, Professor and Director, Macquarie University Centre for the Health Economy, Macquarie University
Waiting times for public hospital elective surgery have been in the news ahead of this year’s federal budget. That’s the type of non-emergency surgery that covers everything from removing cysts to hip replacements.
The Australian Medical Association (AMA), a powerful doctors’ lobby group, has called on...