title: Living in the parallel universe in Australia: public Medicare and private hospitals.
authors.affiliation: La Trobe University, Melbourne, Australia.
authors.forename: Stephen J
authors.initials: SJ
authors.lastname: Duckett
mesh_terms: D001315:Australia; D006297:Health Services Accessibility; D016304:Hospitals, Private / Q000191:economics*; D006801:Humans; D007373:Interinstitutional Relations; D006278:Medicare / Q000191:economics*; D009313:National Health Programs; D010343:Patient Admission / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D017149:Private Sector; D017150:Public Sector; D011787:Quality of Health Care