Out-of-pocket costs

Crowdfunding: what does it say about Australian health care?

Crowdfunding may mean there is an unmet need from Medicare and our supplementary private health insurance coverage...

First steps towards price transparency: comparability of online out-of-pocket tools from Australian private health funds

OBJECTIVE Our objective was to compare and contrast the information three Australian private health insurance funds have provided on their online out-of-pocket cost tools, and to consider the implications this has for price transparency in Australia. …

Comparability of online out-of-pocket tools from Australian private health funds

This talk looks at the information that three Australian private health insurance funds provide online on out-of-pocket costs

The National Strategy to Reduce OOP costs: will price transparency work?

Reducing patients’ out of pocket (OOP) costs is a major issue for the health policy agenda. But what are the chances that solutions to provide real relief for patients will emerge?

Price transparency: how much will my care cost?

Overview of price transparency evidence on reducing out-of-pocket costs, and potential areas of research in Australia

Crowdfunding for healthcare in Australia: who and why?

Proposal for a new research project in Australia: investigating online crowdfunding for healthcare costs