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.
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Response rates from 171k Australia voters.
64% Yes |
36% No |
53% Yes |
25% No |
12% Yes, this helps keeps costs at a standardised rate nationwide |
11% No, this model encourages hospitals to use unnecessary expensive treatments on patients in order to make a profit |
Trend of support over time for each answer from 171k Australia voters.
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Unique answers from Australia voters whose views went beyond the provided options.
@B24STGS7 days7D
No, this will commercialize hospitals and turn them into a business. They are a public necessity of the people that should be provided at minimal or no cost.
@9WQCZRQ2mos2MO
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.
@9W7QKM52mos2MO
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.
@9S2XYG54mos4MO
Yes, and introduce legislation to stop hospitals from using unnecessary expensive treatments on patients in order to make a profit
@9M6YVS58mos8MO
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
@9JKG8RG11mos11MO
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.
@8RC6QNY4yrs4Y
Yes, but with moderation to ensure that patients aren't exploited for profit.
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