A ring-around of more than 1500 cafes just before and after the Reserve Bank’s surcharge ban reveals one in six raised the price of a small flat white.

Most-favoured-nation pricing for brand-name medicines in Medicare was projected to decrease net spending. Potential reductions in net Medicare spending would be substantially greater than sales in the...

<p>When pharma leaders gather to decide what molecules they want to prioritize, it can feel a little like being stuck in a traffic jam. Everyone has their own destination in mind, and they are all in ...

Every year, I try to do at least two things with my students at least once. First, I make a point of addressing them as “philosophers” – a bit cheesy, but hopefully it encourages active learning. Seco...

The Productivity Commission deputy chairman has upbraided Roger Cook and Anthony Albanese for their personal attacks on the organisation over its GST review.

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TOWARD HYBRID MENTAL HEALTH CARE: AN EARLY HEALTH TECHNOLOGY ASSESSMENT BASED ON STAKEHOLDER ANALYSIS AND ECONOMIC SIMULATIONS

A report into Melbourne’s Cohealth showed systemic problems were left unaddressed for a decade, while ideas from clinicians went ignored

Productivity Commission boss Danielle Wood wants Jim Chalmers to be “more ambitious”, and says politicians feel pressured by society’s zero tolerance for risk.

Some of the criticisms of Labor’s changes are valid, while some claims are wildly exaggerated. The government should take the time to fix the package.

A government with a massive parliamentary majority, an opposition in disarray and no election imminent. And this is the budget they came up with.

The Reserve Bank deliberately deprived itself of the ability to respond to a major external shock. Its high-wire act required everything to go just right.

One semester at one Australian university opened doors I never knew existed. But universities today face existential threats.

Only the federal government can fix the problems created by the Job-ready Graduates scheme. Ahead of the budget on May 12, it shows no interest in doing that.

Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi will visit Australia next week as reports emerge that Anthony Albanese has abandoned plans for a gas export tax as to avoid upsetting key trading partners. The v...

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The prime minister is enabling a treasurer who relentlessly, and it must be said very effectively, whitewashes what the government is actually doing.

Reading Sean Sullivan and colleagues’ excellent explainer of the USA’s Most Favoured Nation pricing, I was struck by the degree to which the US has decided to base drug pricing on a basket of countries which make extensive use of health technology assessment and the Quality Adjusted Life Year.

Australia spends less on research and development than most of the developed world, and our productivity growth is the lowest in decades.

Stephen Senn Head of  Competence Center for Methodology and Statistics (CCMS) Luxembourg Institute of Health Twitter @stephensenn Evidence Based or Person-centred? A statistical debate It was heari…

The Government's attempt to limit transparency has been killed off. Widely condemned, the death of the FOI amendment bill is a good thing

They Asked. We Answered. They Proceeded Regardless.

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In the evaluation of complex interventions, economic evaluations aim to determine the relative cost-effectiveness of interventions but generate little…

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Much of the discussion about the need for tax reform to preserve intergenerational equity is confused. The main challenges facing young people, in particular, are the limitations on the supply of housing and climate change.

The head of the Heart Research Institute is telling young scientists medical research is a “terrible career path”. There’s a $5 billion answer in the government’s budget.

Physicians can use the new product to access medical research and patient data securely.

Urgent Care Clinics are one of three options for people to get care without going to a hospital emergency department.

Health technology assessment (HTA) informs public decision-making regarding the use of medical innovations. In France, the national health authority (…

The outgoing Chancellor of the University of NSW says critical thinkers are needed more than ever.