Objective: To understand the options available to general practitioners (GPs) to help patients experiencing economic hardship to manage their illnesses and the implications of these findings for policy. Method: Cross-sectional survey of 134 GPs practising within the WentWest Division of General Practice and Blue Mountains GP Network in NSW. Results: Most general practitioners in our...

Examining how Australians view their health care system, this paper presents the results of a telephone survey of a representative sample of 1201 Australians. The survey was conducted by the Menzies Centre for Health Policy and The Nous Group (Nous) on July 2010 and asked questions on the following subjects: * satisfaction with the health...

Every 5 seconds someone somewhere in the world is diagnosed with diabetes, and every 10 seconds someone dies of it. As a result of technical and clinical advances, and public health successes such as the lowering of national smoking rates, there has been a dramatic decline in mortality from cardiovascular disease in several developed countries...

How many of the government’s health policies have been implemented? Angela Beaton and Lesley Russell look at the record WHILE the Rudd Government has delivered on quite a few of its pre-election commitments, obesity and dental health are two of the stand-out issues yet to be addressed in any depth. Australia is one of the...

This discussion paper highlights the considerable health, social and economic consequences of climate change in the developing countries of the Pacific Ocean, where fragile environments, failing economies, poor population health, and a shortage of needed workforce skills mean there are fewer resources to prevent and manage them. The paper does not aim to present policies...