To the Editor: Now that Calver and colleagues have unequivocally established that “High costs appear to be needs-driven”,1 can we dispense with the Orwellian language used in this article?
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- South Australian Prison Health Service, Adelaide, SA.
Correspondence: cholmwood@ozemail.com.au
- 1. Calver J, Brameld KJ, Preen DB, et al. High-cost users of hospital beds in Western Australia: a population-based record linkage study. Med J Aust 2006; 184: 393-397. <MJA full text>
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