… Healthcare service providers, namely physicians and hospitals, are pivotal in controlling
costs, since nearly 65% of all healthcare expenses … surgeries in an Australian hospital, where …

… for a ‘schedule fee’, forgoing the opportunity to charge patients an additional co-payment
– a … Doctors and nurses in Australian general practice reported both provider- and patient-end …

… the US) to just over 80% (in Australia and Canada) of people having completed a full … health
care costs not covered by mandatory social insurance).The role of primary care physicians …

… of illness, including direct medical costs over a 12-month … to determine physician payment
and hospital payment based … Australia, Germany, the UK, and France, we relied on cost-…

… costs were estimated using salary rates in 2018 Australian … were derived from Australian
healthcare authorities (see … to pay to prevent PPC as long as it costs less than the treatment …

… Doctors are free to set their own fees above the MBS fee, in … 85 per cent of the MBS fee) as
payment in full. The advantages of '… to the Australian health system must reflect the historical, …

… far outweighing expenditure on health care of these disorders. … the economic cost of common
sleep disorders in Australia for … is given free of charge, it has associated opportunity costs …

… growth of medical costs, the control of medical expenses has … Traditional medical insurance
settlement is paid on a per-… ., written by the physician into the patient’s medical record. The …

… has lower costs for both patients and healthcare professionals, with no … with the doctor, that’s
how we’ve done it. (GPN07, RN) … Given the reliance of Australian general practices on the …

… In Australia, private coverage pays for extra benefits and a broader choice of private hospitals
and specialists than public insurance. However, concerns have been raised that private …