This is a joint review by the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission and the Australian Workforce Officials Committee (AHWOC). It examines issues of mutual concern to specialist medical col...
In October 2002 the Prime Minister announced that the ACCC would monitor medical indemnity premiums to assess whether they are actuarially and commercially justified. This is the second of thr...
This publication summarises the guide to the Trade Practices Act for advertising and promoting of medical and health services. The medical and health sectors are characterised by a marked disparity...
This is the second of four ACCC monitoring reports. This report updates a subset of information in the first report by including an additional six months of data from insurers and examines costs an...
Published: 29th January 2004.
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Book, B5: This is the fourth ACCC monitoring report in a series of four. This report updates a subset of information in the first three reports by including an additional six months of data fr...
Published: 15th February 2005.
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This report presents recommendations on procedures and methods that should be used by AMWAC (Australian Medical Workforce Advisory Committee) in undertaking reviews of medical workforce groups. The...
This report aims to provide the ACCC with an evaluation of the 1999 Report of the AMWAC Orthopaedic Surgery Workforce Working Party, which assesses the adequacy of the current size of the...
The Australian Senate requires the ACCC to report on any anti-competitive or other practices by health funds or providers which reduce the extent of health cover for consumers and increase their ou...
Published: 9th December 2004.
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The health sector, including professional providers, professional associations, health funds and private hospitals, is not immune from the Trade Practices Act. ACCC Update takes a look at what the ...
The medical and health sectors are characterised by a marked disparity in the amount of information available to consumers and to service providers. Individual practitioners, professional associati...
Medical indemnity insurance is a form of liability insurance that indemnifies medical practitioners for financial loss arising from actions brought against them as a result of the performance of th...
In October 2002 the Prime Minister announced that the ACCC would monitor medical indemnity premiums to assess whether they are actuarially and commercially justified. This is the first of three mon...
Published: 29th December 2003.
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This report examines insurance premiums set by the five current suppliers of medical indemnity insurance for private medical practitioners to assess whether they are actuarially and comme...
This is the ninth report prepared by the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) in compliance with an order agreed to by the Australian Senate on 25 March 1999 and amended on 18 Sept...
Published: 24th April 2008.
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