Brenda Wraight

Executive Director, Health Workforce Australia

Productivity - everyone's business

What is productivity in health?

Why is it important?

The stats

• Australia spends $140 billion (10% of GDP) on health care, 74% more than a decade ago

• GDP grew by 46% over the same period

• Health workforce costs around $90 billion annually

Demand and costs will continue to increase • by 2050 25% of Australians will be over 65 years of

age• Health inflation will grow faster than CPI• More & more expensive services per person

No single solution and everyone’s business

What percentage of treatments, interventions and procedures are inappropriate

or unnecessary?

A. Five percent (5%)?

B. Twenty Five percent (25%)?

C. Fifty percent (50%)?

D. All treatments are appropriate

Hooking the threads together

“The journey of a thousand miles begins with one step” Lao Tzu

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Health Workforce Australia

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