title: Cost containment: the Pacific. Australia.
abstract: In Australia, as in other countries, recession has accelerated government efforts to reduce the costs of health care. A variety of strategies have been introduced in different states. Cost-cutting measures have improved efficiency but have impacted patient care, particularly in the areas of new technology and high-cost drugs.
authors.affiliation: Intensive Therapy Unit, Royal North Shore Hospital, St. Leonards, New South Wales, Australia.
authors.forename: M M
authors.initials: MM
authors.lastname: Fisher
mesh_terms: D001315:Australia; D003363:Cost Control / Q000379:methods*; D003422:Critical Care / Q000191:economics*; D003695:Delivery of Health Care / Q000191:economics*; D016527:Drug Costs; D017598:Efficiency, Organizational / Q000191:economics*; D005380:Financing, Government; D006801:Humans; D013677:Medical Laboratory Science / Q000191:economics; D009936:Organizational Innovation