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Health Care Reform

The people principle in Australian health care

Gavin H Mooney
MJA 2008; 189 (3): 171-172

As we are dealing with the people’s health, the people’s voice needs to drive the principles underpinning our health care system

Key propositions

  • In seeking to establish the principles to underpin the Australian health care system, the people to ask are informed citizens, and this is best done through citizens’ juries.

  • Evidence to date suggests that, compared with the existing implicit principles, citizens are much more supportive of equity of access and of public health and preventive medicine.

  • A consultative process to establish a health service “constitution” should be set up with 20 citizens’ juries across the country, each with 15 randomly selected members (“20.15”), to be followed by a “National Citizens’ Summit”.

Other articles have cited this article:

→  John Menadue. What is the health service for? Med J Aust 2008; 189 (3): 170-171. [Health Care Reform] <http://www.mja.com.au/public/issues/189_03_040808/men10643_fm.html>

→  Martin B Van Der Weyden. Health policy and reform: gathering the evidence Med J Aust 2008; 189 (3): 169-170. [Health Care Reform] <http://www.mja.com.au/public/issues/189_03_040808/van10757_fm.html>

→  John M Dwyer. Fixing the problems that beset the Australian hospital system Med J Aust 2008; 189 (4): 220-221. [Health Care Reform] <http://www.mja.com.au/public/issues/189_04_180808/dwy10645_fm.html>

→  Michael R Kidd, Ian T Watts and Deborah C Saltman. Primary health care reform: equity is the key Med J Aust 2008; 189 (4): 221-222. [Health Care Reform] <http://www.mja.com.au/public/issues/189_04_180808/kid10646_fm.html>

→  Brian F Oldenburg and Todd A Harper. Investing in the future: prevention a priority at last Med J Aust 2008; 189 (5): 267-268. [Health Care Reform] <http://www.mja.com.au/public/issues/189_05_010908/old10649_fm.html>

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