Hospitals have stopped unnecessary elective surgeries – and shouldn't restart them after the pandemic
- Written by Adam Elshaug, HCF Research Foundation Professorial Fellow, Professor in Health Policy and Co-Director, Menzies Centre for Health Policy, University of Sydney
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Part of Australia’s response to the coronavirus pandemic was a severe reduction in elective surgery, and so private hospitals have stood almost empty for a month now.
People who might otherwise have had a procedure are experiencing “watchful waiting”, where their condition is monitored to assess how it develops rather...