Should hospitals continue to be funded on fee-for-service model?
Australian hospitals are currently allocated funding on a fixed price for each treatment they provide. Proponents see this plan as making hospitals more efficient and providing an equal level of care. Opponents believe it causes hospitals to offer more expensive treatments in order to maximize their profits.
@9JKG8RG2mos2MO
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.
No, Healthcare should be free
Yes but put more barriers in so they don’t do unnecessary treatment for profit
@92ZPL5B2yrs2Y
Yes but regulate the services they provide and fees that are paid for each service
@92ZDPT62yrs2Y
medical care should be provided free of charge to those who unable to pay
Health care should be paid for by the government.
@962KL2Y12mos12MO
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.
No idea what this means.
Yes, but regulate the services they provide and fees that are paid for each service
Yes, but only for some surgery
@96KQRRP1yr1Y
Treat those that are important not useless unintelligent human beings
@93R3M8Y2yrs2Y
The model use should reflect the most effective and efficient practice and be evidence base best practice
@9353BBF2yrs2Y
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.
@933VHD62yrs2Y
Profit should not be the motivation. We can go with out other things in favor of free health not focused on profit.
No - hospitals should be government funded to offer free services
@8VC6KG4Independent3yrs3Y
No, but allow only for costly services and treatments
@8VC6KG4Independent3yrs3Y
No, but only for costly services and treatments
The current system with options for Medicare and private healthcare is sufficing.
@8TCKQJGIndependent3yrs3Y
Yes, and only necessary services allowed.
@Anderson93yrs3Y
Yes, this helps keep costs at a standardised rate nationwide, but work towards a better system
@8RP42RF3yrs3Y
Yes, and only necessary services allowed
@8QWKK2J3yrs3Y
Yes, but all options have to be presented and explained to patients. measures should be taken to avoid hospitals prescribing more expensive treatments
@8QCW34P3yrs3Y
Yes, but measures should be taken to avoid hospitals prescribing more expensive treatments
@92TP7CJ2yrs2Y
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
@92N3D7W2yrs2Y
Yes, but prices should be regulated to ensure hospitals are not unfairly maximizing profits
@92GNRT32yrs2Y
Hospitals deserve all the money they can get
@927K9GT2yrs2Y
Hospitals should be non profit and funded based on population.
@8ZSH8WQ2yrs2Y
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
@8ZRC4LY2yrs2Y
Something needs to be changed to help stop the ambulance ramping and delay problems
@8ZNNBKF2yrs2Y
no, all healthcare should be free and provided for by higher taxes
@8ZNMKB62yrs2Y
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
@LenascallyGreen2yrs2Y
Depends on service being provided
This should be unregulated.
@8D2H6GM4yrs4Y
Free healthcare like Canada
@8LM6G9C3yrs3Y
Yes, but all options have to be presented and explained to patients.
i need more information
@92LTWLD2yrs2Y
I am confused by this question.
No, but there needs to be measures to ensure some standardised rates
@8RC6QNY3yrs3Y
Yes, but with moderation to ensure that patients aren't exploited for profit.
@993JBF81yr1Y
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.
@8G64H7Z3yrs3Y
Yes because although it may encourage unnecessary expensicve treatments, more importantly it doesn’t discourage necessary expensive treatments
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