Some 18 million people die annually from poverty-related causes. Many more are suffering grievously from treatable medical conditions. These burdens can be substantially reduced by supplementing the rules governing pharmaceutical innovation. Established by the World Trade Organization’s TRIPS Agreement, these rules cause advanced medicines to be priced beyond the reach of the poor and steer...

This report examines existing international and Australian evidence around the links between housing and health to better understand the gaps in the evidence and suggest a way forward for research in Australia.

This report examines the differences in health-care use for doctor-diagnosed osteoarthritis, rheumatoid arthritis and osteoporosis between population groups. The report uses data from the 2004–05 National Health Survey, the 2004–05 National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Health Survey and the AIHW National Hospital Morbidity Database. The focus is on health service use for those who...

This paper summarises research regarding the social inclusion of young people in nursing homes, and further outlines the policy and practical challenges related to this issue.

For every new case of end-stage kidney-disease treated with dialysis or transplant there is one that is not, and the vast majority of these are elderly. End-stage kidney disease (ESKD) is the most severe form of chronic kidney disease (CKD), where kidney function deteriorates so much that dialysis or kidney transplantation is required to survive...