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Hospitals will get $1.7 billion more federal funding. Will this reduce waiting times?

  • Written by Henry Cutler, Professor and Director, Macquarie University Centre for the Health Economy, Macquarie University

This week, the federal government announced it will pay states and territories an extra, one-off, A$1.7 billion for public hospitals.

This has been billed as a way to fix some ailing hospitals, and shorten waits for care in emergency departments and for elective surgery. But will it really make a difference?

How are hospitals funded?

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