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Brenda Wraight Executive Director, Health Workforce Australia

Productivity - everyone's business. Brenda Wraight Executive Director, Health Workforce Australia. What is productivity in health? Why is it important?. The stats. Australia spends $ 140 billion (10% of GDP) on health care, 74% more than a decade ago

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Brenda Wraight Executive Director, Health Workforce Australia

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  1. Productivity - everyone's business Brenda Wraight Executive Director, Health Workforce Australia

  2. What is productivity in health? Why is it important?

  3. The stats • Australia spends $140 billion (10% of GDP) on health care, 74% more than a decade ago • GDP grew by 46% over the same period • Health workforce costs around $90 billion annually Demand and costs will continue to increase • by 2050 25% of Australians will be over 65 years of age • Health inflation will grow faster than CPI • More & more expensive services per person

  4. No single solution and everyone’s business

  5. What percentage of treatments, interventions and procedures are inappropriate or unnecessary? • Five percent (5%)? • Twenty Five percent (25%)? • Fifty percent (50%)? • All treatments are appropriate

  6. Hooking the threads together

  7. “The journey of a thousand miles begins with one step” Lao Tzu

  8. For more information: hwa.gov.au @HWAGovAu hwainventory.net.au Health Workforce Australia

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