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	<title>Crikey &#187; primary healthcare</title>
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		<title>Should the Feds take over community health?</title>
		<link>http://blogs.crikey.com.au/croakey/2010/01/27/mental-health-reform-part-1-should-the-feds-take-over-community-health/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 27 Jan 2010 01:45:37 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Crikey</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The states have forfeited the right to run community health services, says psychiatrist <b>Professor Alan Rosen</b>. It's time for a federal takeover and the establishment of "one-stop-shop" primary health care centres.]]></description>
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		<title>When it comes to back pain, the experts are best avoided</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/07/01/when-it-comes-to-back-pain-the-experts-are-best-avoided/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 01 Jul 2009 03:30:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Melissa Sweet</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[GPs who have a special interest in treating back pain are more likely to recommend tests and treatments that are ineffective or possibly even harmful.]]></description>
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		<title>Why can&#8217;t this government make decisions on primary health?</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/03/24/why-cant-this-government-make-decisions-on-primary-health/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/03/24/why-cant-this-government-make-decisions-on-primary-health/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 23 Mar 2009 14:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Crikey</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The health networks across Australia which are funded by the Federal Government to deliver vital primary care services have no idea of their future at this critical time.]]></description>
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		<title>PSA tests: evidence &#8212; at last!</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/03/20/psa-tests-evidence-at-last/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/03/20/psa-tests-evidence-at-last/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 19 Mar 2009 14:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Crikey</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[If doctors were paid by capitation (i.e. by the number of people they serve) or by salaries would there be so many PSA tests? <b>Gavin Mooney</b> writes.]]></description>
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		<title>Governments should prep for the next vaccine scare</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/02/26/governments-should-prep-for-the-next-vaccine-scare/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/02/26/governments-should-prep-for-the-next-vaccine-scare/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 25 Feb 2009 14:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Crikey</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[child health]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Judging by the experiences in the UK and USA, we will be in for some major challenges if a vaccine scare gets traction in Australia, writes <b>Julile Leask</b>.]]></description>
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		<title>Maternity services report delivers a healthy set of recommendations</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/02/25/maternity-services-report-delivers-a-healthy-set-of-recommendations/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/02/25/maternity-services-report-delivers-a-healthy-set-of-recommendations/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 24 Feb 2009 14:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Crikey</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Federal Government’s new report on maternity services could be just what the doctor ordered, write <b>Lesley Barclay</b> and <b>Jenny Gamble</b>.]]></description>
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		<title>Australia&#8217;s wasteful, unfair private health insurance rebate</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/02/24/australias-wasteful-unfair-private-health-insurance-rebate/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/02/24/australias-wasteful-unfair-private-health-insurance-rebate/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 23 Feb 2009 14:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Crikey</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Reports today that Treasury has repeatedly told the Rudd Government that the Private Health Insurance (PHI) rebate is inefficient is hardly surprising news, writes <b>Dr Tim Woodruff</b>.]]></description>
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		<title>Web doctoring: improving access to treatment</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/01/23/web-doctoring-improving-access-to-treatment/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/01/23/web-doctoring-improving-access-to-treatment/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 22 Jan 2009 14:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Crikey</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Therapy over the web, when supervised by an expert clinician, is surprisingly effective, writes <b>Gavin Andrews</b>.]]></description>
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		<title>Why health will be a headache for Obama</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/01/20/why-health-will-be-a-headache-for-obama/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/01/20/why-health-will-be-a-headache-for-obama/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 19 Jan 2009 14:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Crikey</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[One of the many major challenges confronting President Barack Obama is reform of the US health care system., writes <b>Dr Lesley Russell</b>.]]></description>
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		<title>New trial of physician assistants deserves support</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2008/08/18/new-trial-of-physician-assistants-deserves-support/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2008/08/18/new-trial-of-physician-assistants-deserves-support/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 17 Aug 2008 14:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Crikey</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Physician assistants are an option for many countries with numerous small isolated and underserved communities with poorer health outcomes, writes <b>Dr Dennis Pashen</b>. ]]></description>
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		<title>Bateman plays his $500m card and scuttles Symbion merger</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2007/09/11/bateman-plays-his-500m-card-and-scuttles-symbion-merger/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2007/09/11/bateman-plays-his-500m-card-and-scuttles-symbion-merger/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 10 Sep 2007 14:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Crikey</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[There was much drama at the extraordinary meeting of Symbion Health shareholders this morning when the mercurial Ed Bateman from Primary Healthcare sent his proxy along to tell the meeting he was going to use his 20% stake to scupper the merger with Heathscope. And that's what he did, reports Stephen Mayne.]]></description>
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