Under- and Postgraduate Education in Health Economics for Australia's Medical Practitioners: Time for Change? |
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| Authors: | Jeffrey C L Looi Jasmine M Davis Martin Hensher Stephen J Robson |
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| Institution: | 1. Looi: Academic Unit of Psychiatry and Addiction Medicine, The Australian National University School of Medicine and Psychology, Canberra Hospital, Canberra, ACT 2605, Australia and Consortium of Australian-Academic Psychiatrists for Independent Policy and Research Analysis (CAPIPRA), Canberra, ACT 2605, Australia;2. Davis: Melbourne Medical School, The University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Australia and The Australian Medical Students Association, Barton, ACT, Australia;3. Hensher: Menzies Institute for Medical Research, University of Tasmania, Medical Science Precinct, Hobart, TAS, Australia;4. Robson: Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, The Australian National University School of Medicine and Psychology, Canberra Hospital, Canberra, ACT, Australia and Australian Medical Association, Barton, Canberra, ACT, Australia. Corresponding author: Looi, email <5. jeffrey.looi@anu.edu.au>6. . |
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| Abstract: | Directly or indirectly, medical practitioners influence health-care policy and spending through their clinical decision-making. As medical expertise and technology has grown, and patient choice has been empowered by the consumer movement, there are now many more medical interventions than can be accommodated in a finite national health-care budget. We reviewed the Australian Medical Council, Medical School and Medical Specialist curricula. In Australia, medical students, doctors and medical specialists do not appear to have specific health economics education that would improve skills to select beneficial and cost-effective care. We propose a framework for medical practitioner health economics education. |
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