Australia's slow progress on equitable cancer prostheses access harms rural patients, analyst warns
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Melissa Sweet
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Summary
Health policy analyst Charles Maskell-Knight reports that efforts to ensure equitable access to prostheses for cancer patients in Australia are progressing extremely slowly. While problems of inequitable access and affordability have been clearly identified and reform options proposed, Commonwealth Government processes are moving at a glacial pace. The article highlights devastating consequences for patients, particularly those in regional, rural, and remote areas, and offers practical suggestions to spur government action.
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Commonwealth Government processes are moving at glacial speed, with devastating consequences for many patients, especially those in regional, rural and remote areas
While the problems around inequitable access and affordability have been clearly identified, and reform options have been put forward
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