A NEW report from the Australian Institute of Health and Welfare (AIHW) has highlighted the wide disparity in costs for similar treatments across public hospitals in Australia.
The report shows that some hospitals spent up to $6,400 to deliver a notional 'average' service for acute admitted patients, which cost just $3,300 in other hospitals.
AIHW spokesperson Dr Adrian Webster said, "... this report provides us with another way of understanding our hospital system and variability in health care expenditure" - see aihw.gov.au.
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