PPP072 - Is your postcode making you sick? The Australian Atlas of Healthcare variation
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Show Notes
Kristin and Jane caught up with Professor Anne Duggan, a gastroenterologist, and Meredith Page, a pharmacist, who work at the Australian Commission on Safety and Quality in Health Care
We spoke about:
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What is healthcare variation and why do we measure it?
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Is variation necessarily a bad thing?
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How does Australia compare internationally with what is measured in our Atlas, for example medication us or surgery?
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How measuring healthcare variation can be used to enact change
Find out more about the Australian Atlas of Healthcare Variation