Health care is getting cheaper (unless you need a specialist, or a dentist)
- Written by John Goss, Adjunct Associate Professor, Health Research Institute, University of Canberra
Surgeons and dentists cost more, but drugs are getting cheaper.Shutterstock
Public and private health expenditure amounted to 10.3% of gross domestic product in 2016-17, almost exactly the same percentage as in 2015-16, according to figures released today by the Australian Institute of Health and Welfare.
That’s because although we spent 5.9%...
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