Should hospitals continue to be funded on fee-for-service model?

Yes. I think leave the decision of what treatment is required by the actual treating physician instead. However, regular oversight of the costs should be conducted by trained professionals if concerned about unnecessary expensive treatments being used or have a hospital protocol of when to use certain treatments. Most physicians tend to use cost/time/best treatment for patients to prevent re-hospitalization. No one wants a pt to keep coming back especially in teh public system.

This needs to be case by case. People that have lost their jobs due to an injury, chronic illness, born with a disability sometimes require expensive surgeries, procedures and medication. Yet they can't afford it. So we have no choice but to go public, and the waiting lists are horible and can make our conditions worse. It's not about hospitals pushing for more expensive tests. Overall we just want something better.

Yes, and introduce legislation to stop hospitals from using unnecessary expensive treatments on patients in order to make a profit

private health should be subsidized for all citizens, can easily be funded for all if we legalize selling marijuana can even build some houses :o

Healthcare should not be free, as the government needs to fund other services and healthcare can be used as a way to develop the economy further.

Free for all

Yes, but with moderation to ensure that patients aren't exploited for profit.

The model use should reflect the most effective and efficient practice and be evidence base best practice

Yes; hospitals should be funded on a fee-for-service model, with standardised costs set for said services nationwide, in conjunction with additional general funding.

Profit should not be the motivation. We can go with out other things in favor of free health not focused on profit.

yes, but something must be put in place so that this model does not encourage hospitals to use unnecessary expensive treatments on patients in order to make a profit

Yes, but prices should be regulated to ensure hospitals are not unfairly maximizing profits

Hospitals deserve all the money they can get

Hospitals should be non profit and funded based on population.

No, public hospitals should be funded to cover the needs of the population with simple day surgery cases, investigations and straightforward elective surgery’s outsourced to the private sector in the way government departments outsource straight forward projects to the private sector in the same way legal briefs are outsourced

Something needs to be changed to help stop the ambulance ramping and delay problems

no, all healthcare should be free and provided for by higher taxes

Only if it’s for non emergencies such as purposely self inflicted injuries. Otherwise, things such life threatening illnesses should be serviced without a fee.

The Medicare standard needs to raise substantially. Specialists charge based on the AMA model and above that. The system is broken

i don'tt know

Depends on service being provided

This should be unregulated.

No - hospitals should be government funded to offer free services

No, but allow only for costly services and treatments

No, but only for costly services and treatments

The current system with options for Medicare and private healthcare is sufficing.

Yes, and only necessary services allowed.

Yes, this helps keep costs at a standardised rate nationwide, but work towards a better system

Yes, and only necessary services allowed

Yes, but all options have to be presented and explained to patients. measures should be taken to avoid hospitals prescribing more expensive treatments

Yes, but measures should be taken to avoid hospitals prescribing more expensive treatments

Yes, but all options have to be presented and explained to patients.

Free healthcare like Canada

I don’t mnkw

i need more information

No idea what this means.

Yes, but regulate the services they provide and fees that are paid for each service

I am confused by this question.

Health care should be paid for by the government.

No, Healthcare should be free

Yes, but guidelines with appropriate redressal should be in place to prevent misuse

No, and hospitals should not charge for any service. Being healthy is a benefit of society, not a privilege of wealth.

Regulate the fees.

Yes, but only for some surgery

Treat those that are important not useless unintelligent human beings

Yes but put more barriers in so they don’t do unnecessary treatment for profit

Yes but regulate the services they provide and fees that are paid for each service

medical care should be provided free of charge to those who unable to pay

No, but there needs to be measures to ensure some standardised rates

Yes, but means-tested

There are procedures where there will not be an accurately reflected fee for the condition being treated. Rare diseases, novel therapies, etc. But general procedures like a tonsillectomy, colonoscopy, removal of a carcinoma, have more definitive cost outcomes.

Yes because although it may encourage unnecessary expensicve treatments, more importantly it doesn’t discourage necessary expensive treatments