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The Health Insurance Amendment (Pathology Requests) Bill 2010: the risks to patients when the Department of Finance and Deregulation makes health policy
Author(s) -
Rowbotham Beverley J
Publication year - 2010
Publication title -
medical journal of australia
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.904
H-Index - 131
eISSN - 1326-5377
pISSN - 0025-729X
DOI - 10.5694/j.1326-5377.2010.tb03601.x
Subject(s) - citation , deregulation , law , political science , library science , medicine , economics , computer science , macroeconomics
The Medical Journal of Australia ISSN: 0025729X 3 May 2010 192 9 484-485 ©The Medical Journal of Australia 2010 www.mja.com.au Editorials forms to be marked with the advice to patients tha taken to any path logy provider. Pathology servi modern health care, playing a role in 70% of d medical d cisions. The key concern of he lth profes the “non directed” pathology referral will put patien and undermine the quality of information that pat vide to patient care. Patients need to make an informed choice about their pathology referrals