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The comparisons on similar procedures done in private vs public hospitals has shown time and again that private hospitals do these procedures at about 75% of the cost in public hospitals. Private hospitals don't do all procedures, but those they do, they do cheaper and better.

I don't know if I would go as far as privatising all public hospitals, but certainly would move substantial work to private hospitals.
Posted by Shadow Minister, Wednesday, 10 February 2016 6:16:55 AM

Shadow minister, in the public hospital system there is a tiered structure on hospitals costs with small regional hospitals being the cheapest to run,

followed by Public Hospitals of less than 200 beds
then the Metropolitan hospitals
The most expensive to run are the major tertiary and referral and teaching hospitals.

Already a substantial amount of work is going to the private sector, in the ACT Private hospital beds now number more than the public hospital beds.

Shadow Minister you constantly say that Private hospitals preform procedures at 75% less that Public hospital costs.

The difficulty is that are you comparing apples with apples or oranges. That is are you comparing simliar size hospitals with similar demographics?

Lets consider the fact that as Private Patient in a Private hospitals, that your treatment fees, that is out of pocket expenses can be many thousands of dollars if not tens of thousands. That is after your health insurances had paid the hospital, the anaesthetist, the surgeon.

Oh and the Other thing Shadow Minister, are the way costs are measured and calculated.

Is the same methodology being used between the private and public sector.

Even between Public hospitals there are different measurements and calculations. The AIHW often has hospitals that do not provide them with the data, so they then have to estimate.

I don't give Leyonhjelm the time of day...rat bag who thinks the NRA is right in demanding "guns for all".

I wonder at the demographics of those who voted for him.

Interesting bit in todays paper how people who use private health insurance in private hospitals are being exploited.