Clearing the elective surgery backlog will take more than one budget. It’ll need major reform
- Written by: Henry Cutler, Professor and Director, Macquarie University Centre for the Health Economy, Macquarie University
Oleg Ivanov IL/ShutterstockWaiting times for public hospital elective surgery have been in the news ahead of this year’s federal budget. That’s the type of non-emergency surgery that covers everything from removing cysts to hip replacements.
The Australian Medical Association (AMA), a powerful doctors’ lobby group, has called on...