Closing the 17 year gap means opening not just the Treasury coffers but our hearts

Australian and New Zealand Journal of Public Health

Volumn 32, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 205-206

  Mooney, Gavin ^a  

^a CURTIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABORIGINE; ADVISORY COMMITTEE; AUSTRALIA; CONSULTATION; COST CONTROL; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; EDITORIAL; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; GOVERNMENT REGULATION; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE MANAGEMENT; HEALTH CARE NEED; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HEALTH INSURANCE; HEALTH PROGRAM; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; INDIGENOUS PEOPLE; LIFE EXPECTANCY; MEDICAL RESEARCH; PATIENT CARE; PUBLIC HEALTH; REIMBURSEMENT; RESOURCE ALLOCATION; TAX;

AUSTRALIA; GOALS; HEALTH CARE RATIONING; HEALTH STATUS DISPARITIES; HUMANS; LIFE EXPECTANCY; OCEANIC ANCESTRY GROUP; PUBLIC HEALTH ADMINISTRATION;

EID: 47249139959     PISSN: 13260200     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1753-6405.2008.00217.x     Document Type: Editorial

References (17)

1. Close the gap. Indigenous Health Equality Summit 2008; [cited 2008 April 26]. Available from: http://www.crcah.org.au/communication/downloads/ Indigenous-Health-Summit-Statement-LOGO.pdf
2. Fact Sheet 150 -The 1967 Referendum; [cited 2008 May 04]. Available from: http://www.naa.gov.au/about-us/publications/fact-sheets/fs150.aspx
3. Bringing them Home. Report of the National Inquiry into the Separation of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Children from Their Families 1996; [cited 2008 May 04]. Available from: http://www.austlii.edu.au/au/ special/rsjproject/rsjlibrary/hreoc/stolen/prelim.html
4. Apology to Australia's Indigenous Peoples 2008; [cited 2008 April 26]. Available from: http://www.pm.gov.au/media/Speech/2008/speech_0073.cfm
5. RAWP Report. Resource Allocation Working Party. London: Department of Health and Social Security; 1976.
6. AMA Report Card Series 2007 Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Health. Institutionalised Inequity not just a matter of money 2007; [cited 2008 April 26]. Available from: http://www.ama.com.au/ web.nsf/doc/WEEN-73EVX9/$file/Reportcard_2007.pdf
7. Commonwealth Grants Commission. Indigenous Funding Inquiry - Final Report 2001; [cited 2008 April 26]. Available from: http://www.cgc.gov.au/other_inquiries2/indigenous_funding_inquiry2/ reports_and_other_documents/indigenous_fundinginquiry_-_final_report
8. Mooney G. Vertical equity in health care resource allocation. Health Care Analysis. 2000; 8(3): 203-215.
9. Houston S. Cultural Security, Discussion Paper. Perth: Health Department of Western Australia; 2001.
10. Mooney G, Collard K, Taylor T. Costing Aboriginal health services: elements of cultural security. SPHERe Discussion paper: Curtin University, Perth; 2003.
11. Mooney G, Houston S. Weighted capacity to benefit plus MESH infrastructure: an alternative approach to resource allocation. Applied Health Economics and Health Policy 2004; 3(1): 29-33
12. Thomas S, Mooney G and Mbatsha S. The MESH approach: Strengthening public health systems for the MDGs. Health Policy 2007; 83(2-3); 180-185.
13. George B, Harris A, Mitchell, A. Cost-effectiveness analysis and the consistency of decision making: evidence from pharmaceutical reimbursement in Australia (1991-1996) Pharmacoeconomics 2001; 19 (11): 1103-9.
14. Mooney G, Aboriginal life expectancy: How much are we willing to pay to bridge the gap? [cited 2008 May 11]. Available from: http://www.crikey.com.au/Politics/20080411-Aboriginal-life-expectancy- How-much-are-we-willing-to-pay-to-bridge-the-gap.html
15. HM Treasury 2005. A Vision for the Common Agricultural Policy. HM Treasury: London.
16. Mooney G, Henry B. (2004) FundingAboriginal health care. Australian Journal of Primary Health 2004; 10: 3.
17. Altman J, Biddle N, Hunter B. The Challenge of 'Closing the Gaps' in Indigenous Socioeconomic Outcomes. Centre for Aboriginal Economic Policy Research. ANU Canberra; 2008.