Health: How Australians could get a better deal at the pharmacy
About this episode
The episode discusses how Australians can achieve a better deal at pharmacies and the underlying policies affecting pharmacy pricing and funding.
Australians visit the pharmacy more than any other health service. But what's happening behind the scenes? How does the price you pay at the counter get set? How's the pharmacy sector funded? For years, decisions about pharmacy policy have been made through closed-door negotiations. In this podcast, Grattan Associate Reilly Polaschek talks to Grattan Health Program Director Peter Breadon about our report, Future pharmacy: A better deal for patients and taxpayers which charts a path to a fairer, more efficient pharmacy sector. Read our report: https://grattan.edu.au/report/future-pharmacy-a-better-deal-for-patients-and-taxpayers/ Thanks for listening to the Grattan Podcast. Our research, reports and analysis are freely available thanks to the donations of listeners like you. Please consider making a regular or one-off donation at grattan.edu.au/donate. You can follow us on LinkedIn and Instagram, and sign up to our newsletter on our website to stay up to date with Grattan's news. Thanks again for listening. Instagram: www.instagram.com/grattaninstitute/ LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/company/grattan-institute/
People in this episode
Host: Grattan Institute
Guest: Reilly Polaschek
Topics covered
- pharmacy policy
- health services
- patient care
- pharmacy funding
- health economics
Keywords
- pharmacy
- healthcare
- Australia
- policy
- patients
- taxpayers
- cost
- funding
Mentioned in this episode
Organizations: Grattan Health Program
Books & works: Future pharmacy: A better deal for patients and taxpayers
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