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In The Health Advocate's August edition, AHHA Policy Officer Emma Walsh highlights the urgent need for integrated, person-centred palliative care as demand rises with Australia’s ageing population.
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Read the latest #EditorChoice paper in #AusHealthReview, the journal of @aushealthcare.bsky.social:
'Prevalence and characteristics of potentially avoidable unplanned readmissions: a retrospective cohort study' by Yogesh Sharma, et al.
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🗞️ The August issue of The Health Advocate is live! Explore aged care reform, palliative care, dementia support & more. CEO Tony Farley calls for bold, compassionate change. Read now: online.fliphtml5.com/qfuil/roaf/#... #AgedCare #HealthAdvocate #AHHA
The AHR has published a new collection, Value-Driven: Redefining Care for a Healthier Nation, exploring how Australia can lead global reform by putting people at the centre of healthcare delivery.
The collection is free to access until 31 August 2025: lnkd.in/gBkySAeB
This important work, co-authored by 2025 Jeff Cheverton Scholar Tan Nguyen and supported by Brisbane North PHN and North Western Melbourne PHN, advances AHHA Ltd’s commitment to a healthier, more equitable Australia.
NAIDOC Week 2025 - Celebrating 50 Years of Strength, Vision & Legacy.
Together, let’s walk forward with respect, unity, and commitment to equity in healthcare and beyond.
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What makes co-design genuine in value-based health care? In The Health Advocate, Alison Barber, a consumer advocate and 2025 VBHC Congress speaker, shares how inclusive collaboration drives better outcomes.
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The Productivity Commission’s interim report confirms what many already know: the national agreement is falling short, with no clear goals, a lack of long-term strategy, and insufficient funding.
‘Australians deserve better,’ says AHHA CEO Tony Farley.
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🗞️ This week in Healthcare in Brief: Misaligned policies are blocking rural care. The Deeble Brief calls for place-based solutions, aligned funding & workforce reform. Essential reading for health policy & advocacy.
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Despite longstanding efforts to improve health outcomes in rural and remote areas, current health, aged care and disability policies remain poorly aligned, resulting in overly burdensome administration and hindered collaboration between services - read the Deeble Institute's latest Brief 📖
Objective Unplanned readmissions are key indicators of hospital care quality, yet research on potentially avoidable unplanned readmissions (PAURs) remains limited. This study aimed to assess the prevalence, causes, and predictors of PAURs in an Australian tertiary hospital.Methods This retrospective cohort study included all unplanned readmissions to a general medicine unit between 1 July and 30 September 2022, in South Australia. Patients aged ≥18years readmitted within 30days of discharge were included. A panel of senior clinicians assessed the preventability of each readmission using predefined criteria. Data on demographics, comorbidities, frailty, inflammatory markers, and discharge factors were collected. Predictors of PAURs were examined using multivariable logistic regression and LASSO (least absolute shrinkage and selection operator) regression for sensitivity analysis.Results Among 381 readmissions, 80 (21%) were classified as potentially avoidable. The mean age was 68.7years (s.d. 18.2), and 58.3% were female. The most common cause of PAURs was relapse of the condition treated during the index admission (43%), followed by treatment-related complications (22.8%). Contributing factors included suboptimal care during the index admission (43.8%) and inadequate post-discharge follow-up (30%). Compared to non-avoidable readmissions, PAUR patients were older, more frequently readmitted within 7days, and had higher rates of coronary artery disease and congestive heart failure (CHF). They also had higher neutrophil-to-lymphocyte ratios (NLR) on admission. Multivariable analysis identified CHF (aOR 2.46, 95% CI 1.28–4.71) and elevated NLR (aOR 1.05, 95% CI 1.02–1.08) as independent predictors.Conclusions Over one in five readmissions were potentially avoidable, and only a few patient characteristics can predict avoidable readmissions.
Chief Executive of the Australian Healthcare and Hospitals Association Limited, Tony Farley, said the Productivity Commission’s interim report of its review
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Oral health is Australia's 2nd biggest out-of-pocket health cost - 1 in 5 adults delay or avoid care because of it. The latest Deeble Brief calls for funding reform to shift from ad hoc fixes to a fair, sustainable and affordable oral healthcare system.
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Our latest Perspectives Brief, released today, reveals how fragmented funding and policy misalignment are undermining efforts to deliver fair, effective healthcare in rural and remote Australia: ahha.asn.au/resource/pol...
This Issues Brief outlines a clear, staged and evidence-based funding strategy to transition from ad hoc responses to a sustainable, equitable, and high-value oral health system.
This policy brief, informed by AHHA Ltd member and stakeholder input and a cross-sector roundtable, highlights the need for national leadership to shift from fragmented, input-focused systems to coord...
