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Asking the right question:
What to do about health spending
growth?
Stephen Duckett
Presentation Deakin Public Health Policy seminar
Melbourne, September 2013
2
Close to an important anniversary
I had an interview with the
Board of Guardians of St
James's parish, on the evening
of the 7th inst [Sept 7 1854],
and represented the above
circumstances to them. In
consequence of what I said, the
handle of the pump was
removed on the following day.
—John Snow, letter to the editor
of the Medical Times and
Gazette
Replica pump
3
Agenda
• Policy memes
• Some facts about costs and health status
• Some non-solutions
• Some (possibly uncomfortable) solutions
4
The problem
• ‘Health spending is unsustainable’
• ‘Health costs are out of control’
• Or are they?
Cost per
Head
above
international
average
Potential years
of life lost
above international
average (more
PYLL=worse)
International
average
Best performing
quadrant
Worst performing
quadrant
6 6
Australia is in the good quadrant
OECD average
Canada
Australia
Don’t forget this is
an average: there is
considerable within
country variation
7
0%
5%
10%
15%
20%
25%
30%
35%
Skipped a test or
treatment due to cost
Skipped a consult due to
cost
Skipped medication due to
cost
Felt "not at all confident"
you could afford care
Had problems paying (or
couldn't pay) medical bills
Major city Inner regional
Outer regional Remote or very remote
Proportion of people who reported access barriers due to cost in
the last year, by remoteness, 2010
Access variability
8 8
Initially stable, health care now increasing as
GDP share
9
0
50
100
150
200
250
300
2000 2005 2010 2015 2020 2025 2030
ProjectionActual
$ Billion
10
Health major component of government
spending (and spending growth)
per cent change above CPI, 2002-03 to 2012-13
11
Hospitals major component of public
health spending (and spending growth)
per cent change above CPI, 2002-03 to 2012-13
0
10
20
30
40
50
60
70
80
90
100
0 10 20 30 40 50
Hospitals
Other
Private health
insurance
Pharmaceuticals
Primary care and
medical services
$bn spent in 2002-03, in $2012
NFS
GDP
12
Shift in state budget shares
2002-03 state spending
Hospitals
Primary care
and medical
services
Health - other
Schools
Skills
Higher ed
Early
childhood
Education -
NFS
Infrastructure,
transport and
planning
Economy and
finance
Criminal
justice
Government
operations
Community
services
Housing
Industry
Disability
services
Climate
change and
environmen
t
Legal
Arts and
sport Emergency
services
Debt
management Superannuatio
n
Education
23%
Everything
else 41%
Health
22%
Infrastructure,
transport &
planning 14%
Hospitals
Health -
other
Primary care
and medical
services
Healt
h -
NFS
Schools
Skills
Early
childhoodHigher
education
Education -
NFS
Research
Infrastructure,
transport and
planning
Criminal justice
Economy and
finance
Government
operations
Disability
services
Community
Services
Industry
Superannuatio
n
Debt
management
Climate
change and
environmen
t Legal
Housing
Emergency
services
Arts and
sport Other
Education
21%
Everything
else 38%
Health
25%
Infrastructure,
transport &
planning 16%
13
In the past 10 years separations have increased, particularly
among older age groups
0
200
400
600
800
1,000
1,200
1,400
1,600
1,800
2,000
0-4 5–14 15–24 25–34 35–44 45–54 55–64 65–74 75–84 85+
Separations per 1,000 people
2001-02 Female
2001-02 Male
2011-12 Male
2011-12 Female
Age groups
Sources: AIHW Hospital Statistics (both 2001-02 and 2011-12); ABS Cat 3101.0
14
Almost 2/3rds of real health spending increases came from
factors other than population growth, ageing, and inflation
-$2,000
$0
$2,000
$4,000
$6,000
$8,000
$10,000
$12,000
$14,000
$16,000
Public
hospitals
Medical
services
Medication Private
hospitals
Research Community
health
Dental Other
Other
Health inflation
(beyond CPI)
Ageing
Population growth
Breakdown of total real spending growth in health (2003-4 to 2010-11)
Millions of 2010-11 dollars
Sources: AIHW; ABS; DOHA
15
Alternative discourse
• Population over 85 more
than doubles!!!!!
• But let us assume people
over 85 have 25% less
morbidity compared to
today (compression of
morbidity hypothesis)
• Utilization projected to
increase two thirds!!!
• Utilization projected to
increase 2% per annum
16
Voodoo (apocalyptic) demographics
• Demeaning to elderly
• Ignores past contributions
• Ignores current contributions
• Assumes no ‘intergenerational interlinkages’
• Neglects effect of increased life expectancy
on Gross Domestic Product
17
Almost 2/3rds of real health spending increases came from
factors other than population growth, ageing, and inflation
-$2,000
$0
$2,000
$4,000
$6,000
$8,000
$10,000
$12,000
$14,000
$16,000
Public
hospitals
Medical
services
Medication Private
hospitals
Research Community
health
Dental Other
Other
Health inflation
(beyond CPI)
Ageing
Population growth
Breakdown of total real spending growth in health (2003-4 to 2010-11)
Millions of 2010-11 dollars
Sources: AIHW; ABS; DOHA
1818
Death rate for conditions amenable to health
interventions is going down
0
50
100
150
200
250
1987 1992 1997 2002 2007
Amenable mortality per 100,000
1919
Self reported health status is improving
Per cent of population reporting fair or poor health status
0
2
4
6
8
10
12
14
16
18
20
2001 2004 2007 2011
20
Sustainability panic
• Is a distraction, avoiding dealing with the
inevitable
• Often leads to ‘panic type solutions’
21
The story so far
• Health spending is increasing as share of
both GDP and government budgets
• We are getting something in return
• Should we do something or nothing?
• The glacier analogy is important: careful
changes are what is needed not big bang
shifts
22
Some non solutions
• Shift costs to consumers
• Privatise or perish
• Reduce services
2323
Australia is already at the high end in terms of
out-of-pocket share
0%
20%
40%
60%
80%
100% Netherlands
Denmark
Luxembourg
UnitedKingdom
NewZealand
Sweden
Italy
France
Germany
Austria
WestEuropeaverage
Belgium
Spain
Ireland
Canada
Australia
Portugal
Switzerland
Greece
UnitedStates
Per cent health expenditure
Public
Other
private
(including private
health insurance)
Out of
pockets
2424
Low income households spend a higher proportion of
income on health than high income households
$
25
Risk transfer: the name of the game
KPMG report on Sunshine Coast University Hospital
26
Privatise or perish
• Does it transfer risk?
• What about democratic accountability?
can extend for periods in excess of the life of a particular
Parliament and, on the basis of historical experience, the
Government of the day. Some contracts that have been entered
into by government have inter-generational consequences and
involve a commitment to pay public funds in advance of, or
independently of, the appropriation of those funds by the
Parliament. Some contracts also have the potential to fetter the
Executive flexibility of successor governments.
(South Australian Auditor General)
27
Contracting risks
• Need to describe product
• If not, risk gaming
• Asset specificity
• Risk of capture
• Risk of failure
• Robina
• Modbury
• La Trobe Regional Hospital
• Port Macquarie
• Private sector not necessarily more
efficient
Williamson, O. E.
(1975) Markets
and hierarchies:
Analysis and
antitrust
Implications, The
Free Press
28
National ‘Activity Based Funding’
• Inpatients, Outpatients and ED
activity priced
• No change in Commonwealth funds
to states
2012/13
Transition year 1
• More activities have prices (e.g. sub-
acute)
• No change in Commonwealth fund
flow to states
2013/14
Transition year 2
Base year
• Commonwealth provides additional
funds to states based on growth in
activity (45% of National Efficient Price,
50% in 2017)
2014/15
1st change year
All this applies to ‘Public hospital services’
29
If not that, what? Sensible solutions
• Reorienting the system
• Focussing on efficiency (which isn’t the
same as budget cuts, especially in the
context of unmet demand)
• Eliminating waste
30
3131
There is a significant difference in
revision rates for different prostheses
Data source: Australian Orthopaedic Association. National Joint Replacement Registry
http://www.dmac.adelaide.edu.au/aoanjrr/publications.jsp
32
Simple benchmarking suggests cost variations could be
large
Deviation in cost per separation
(weighted by DRG)
-$6,000
-$4,000
-$2,000
$0
$2,000
$4,000
$6,000
$8,000
$10,000
Lowest-cost hospital
($4000 per weighted
sep cheaper than
average)
33
Benchmarking hip replacements 1: state comparisons
Note: Graph truncated at $60,000. The proportion of I03B separations costing more than $60,000 is 1.03% in WA, and less than 0.65% in all other
states; whiskers extend a distance of 4 times the IQ range;
A
B
C
D
E
F
STATE
>$10,000 difference between average cost in
best and worst performing State
$/separation
COST for hip replacements by state
(boxplots are at patient level, 2011)
34
Benchmarking hip replacements 2:
comparing hospitals that have high volumes of hip replacements
a
b
c
d
e
f
HOSPITAL
g
Note: Whiskers extend a distance of 4 times the IQ range
$/separation
COST for hip replacements in hospitals with highest volumes
(boxplots are at patient level, 2011)
Scale does not seem to be driving results
35
Early work suggests that in low cost hospitals have
consistently good performance across clinical groups.
In high cost hospitals, performance varies
0
1000
2000
3000
4000
5000
-$3,000 -$2,000 -$1,000 $0 $1,000 $2,000 $3,000 $4,000
ρ = 0.65
Variation across clinical groups
Hospital effect (variation in adjusted cost per admission)
High
Variation
across
SRGs
Low
Variation
Low cost High cost
36
The questions of the age
• Should you reward less efficient hospitals by paying them
more for treating patients than more efficient hospitals
• Should you reward poor quality by paying hospitals that have
higher rates of adverse events more than hospitals with lower
rates
• Should you reward less efficient hospitals by paying them
more for inefficient management of the whole patient pathway?
• Should hospitals be rewarded more or less if they don’t deliver
on their commitments to patients as part of informed consent?
37
Progress on Activity based funding
relies on alignment of three key factors
Technical
feasibility
Management
capacity
Political will
38
PBS prices are far higher than the comparators we
studied – often by more than an order of magnitude
Note: chart represents the 58 identical doses for which the benchmark model was cheaper than the PBS. Only 39 drugs
where the PBS cost is more than twice that of the comparator are displayed (average is for all 58 doses).
Source: Grattan Institute analysis
0
20
40
60
Average: 8.2
PBS prices as multiples of benchmark price (wholesale, 2011-12)
Drug-dose combinations
Source of lowest price
New Zealand
Unnamed state
Western Australia
39
One country, many prices
$ million
Estimated savings for generic and patented drugs
Source: Grattan Institute
0
200
400
600
800
1000
1200
1400
1600
1800
Western Australia Unnamed state New Zealand
Patented
Generic
40
Current efforts to reduce prices don’t go far enough
But benchmarking would save a lot more money
Source: Grattan Institute analysis. Note: “Amoxycillin +” is amoxycillin with clavulanic acid.
0
5
10
Ex-manufacturer price ($) Price in 2011-12
Price after April 2013 reduction
Benchmark price
41
Sneak preview 1
Upcoming report: Squandering Skills in Primary Care
‘Less complex’ GP visits
• Only one problem managed
• 1-2 medications prescribed
• No pathology or imaging
• No procedures (excluding
immunisations)
• No other clinical treatments
(excluding
advice/education)
Proportion of GP visits by complexity (%)
Source: Grattan Institute analysis of BEACH data
9%
10%
81%
Existing problem
New problem
Oral contraceptives
Allergic dermatitis
Sinusitis
Ear infections
Bronchitis
Immunisations
Colds
Proportion of ‘less complex’ visits
with relatively straightforward
problems managed
12%
8%
6%
3%
3%
3%
Approximately 1/3 of
‘less complex’ visits or
12 million visits a year
DRAFT – INTERIM RESULTS – FOR DISCUSSION PURPOSES ONLY
42
Respondents saw significant scope for change
For each of the following groups respondents were asked to estimate the percentage of workload that could
be done by a lower-cost group, without reducing quality of care
0%
10%
20%
30%
Registered Nurses Physiotherapists Occupational
Therapists
Medical Interns Enrolled Nurses Resident Medical
Staff
Medical
Specialists
Round 2
Round 1
In round 2, respondents were provided with the average results from the previous round, which may have
contributed to rising and converging estimates
For each workforce group atleast 94% of respondents suggested that some substitution was possible
43
There was very strong agreement with a wide range of substitution
options
Respondents were asked to what extent they agreed that the following shifts of workload would reduce the
cost without reducing quality and safety
0% 10% 20% 30% 40% 50% 60% 70% 80% 90% 100%
RNs to ENs
RNs to Personal Care Assistance
RNs to Clerical Workers
ENs to Personal Care Assistants
ENs to Clerical Workers
ENs to Cleaners
Specialists to Physician Assistants
Specialists to Nurse Practitioners
Specialists to RNs
Residents to Physician Assistant
Resident to Nurse Practitioners
Resident to RN
Resident to clerical workers
Interns to Nurse Practitioners
Intern to RNs
Interns to ENs
Physiotherapists to Physio Assistants
OT to allied health assistants
Strongly agree Agree Neither Disagree Strongly disagree
44
There is great variation in GP services per capita
We propose focusing on the bottom quintile
0
20
40
60
80
100
120
Kimberley-Pilbara
Bentley-Armadale
NorthernTerritory
Central&NthWestQld
Goldfields-Midwest
ACT
PerthNorthMetro
NewEngland
SouthernNSW
SouthWestWA
Fremantle
PerthSouthCoastal
Frankston-MorningtonPen.
EasternMelbourne
Hume
CountrySouthSA
NorthernSydney
SouthWesternMelbourne
PerthCentral&EastMetro
Townsville-Mackay
CentralQueensland
Tasmania
SydneyNorthShore
Barwon
Murrumbidgee
Grampians
Loddon-Mallee-Murray
GreatSouthCoast
DarlingDowns-SthWestQld
FarNorthQueensland
GreaterMetroSthBrisbane
InnerEastMelbourne
WesternNSW
CountryNorthSA
SouthernAdelaide
NorthernAdelaide
Gippsland
MetroNorthBrisbane
Hunter
WestMoreton-Oxley
LowerMurray
Bayside
NorthernMelbourne
SouthEasternSydney
CentralCoastNSW
WideBay
MacedonRanges
GoulburnValley
SouthEasternMelbourne
Nepean-BlueMountains
InnerWestSydney
NorthCoastNSW
FarWestNSW
CentralAdelaide&Hills
Illawarra-Shoalhaven
GoldCoast
InnerNorthWestMelb.
EasternSydney
WesternSydney
SouthWesternSydney
SunshineCoast
Bottom fifth
Proposed
service
increase
Current services
FWE GPs per 100,000 residents (2011-12)
Medicare Local areas
INTERIM RESULTS ONLY - SUBJECT TO CHANGE
45
So where to from here?
• Sustainability panic vs hard yards: where
you start might determine where you end up
• Australia has a good health system in
international terms
• That doesn’t mean that we can’t improve it
• ‘Improvement’ means just that
•sensible change
•sensibly implemented
stephen.duckett@grattan.edu.au
46
For more info
stephen.duckett@grattan.edu.au

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Right questions sustainability 100813

  • 1. Asking the right question: What to do about health spending growth? Stephen Duckett Presentation Deakin Public Health Policy seminar Melbourne, September 2013
  • 2. 2 Close to an important anniversary I had an interview with the Board of Guardians of St James's parish, on the evening of the 7th inst [Sept 7 1854], and represented the above circumstances to them. In consequence of what I said, the handle of the pump was removed on the following day. —John Snow, letter to the editor of the Medical Times and Gazette Replica pump
  • 3. 3 Agenda • Policy memes • Some facts about costs and health status • Some non-solutions • Some (possibly uncomfortable) solutions
  • 4. 4 The problem • ‘Health spending is unsustainable’ • ‘Health costs are out of control’ • Or are they?
  • 5. Cost per Head above international average Potential years of life lost above international average (more PYLL=worse) International average Best performing quadrant Worst performing quadrant
  • 6. 6 6 Australia is in the good quadrant OECD average Canada Australia Don’t forget this is an average: there is considerable within country variation
  • 7. 7 0% 5% 10% 15% 20% 25% 30% 35% Skipped a test or treatment due to cost Skipped a consult due to cost Skipped medication due to cost Felt "not at all confident" you could afford care Had problems paying (or couldn't pay) medical bills Major city Inner regional Outer regional Remote or very remote Proportion of people who reported access barriers due to cost in the last year, by remoteness, 2010 Access variability
  • 8. 8 8 Initially stable, health care now increasing as GDP share
  • 9. 9 0 50 100 150 200 250 300 2000 2005 2010 2015 2020 2025 2030 ProjectionActual $ Billion
  • 10. 10 Health major component of government spending (and spending growth) per cent change above CPI, 2002-03 to 2012-13
  • 11. 11 Hospitals major component of public health spending (and spending growth) per cent change above CPI, 2002-03 to 2012-13 0 10 20 30 40 50 60 70 80 90 100 0 10 20 30 40 50 Hospitals Other Private health insurance Pharmaceuticals Primary care and medical services $bn spent in 2002-03, in $2012 NFS GDP
  • 12. 12 Shift in state budget shares 2002-03 state spending Hospitals Primary care and medical services Health - other Schools Skills Higher ed Early childhood Education - NFS Infrastructure, transport and planning Economy and finance Criminal justice Government operations Community services Housing Industry Disability services Climate change and environmen t Legal Arts and sport Emergency services Debt management Superannuatio n Education 23% Everything else 41% Health 22% Infrastructure, transport & planning 14% Hospitals Health - other Primary care and medical services Healt h - NFS Schools Skills Early childhoodHigher education Education - NFS Research Infrastructure, transport and planning Criminal justice Economy and finance Government operations Disability services Community Services Industry Superannuatio n Debt management Climate change and environmen t Legal Housing Emergency services Arts and sport Other Education 21% Everything else 38% Health 25% Infrastructure, transport & planning 16%
  • 13. 13 In the past 10 years separations have increased, particularly among older age groups 0 200 400 600 800 1,000 1,200 1,400 1,600 1,800 2,000 0-4 5–14 15–24 25–34 35–44 45–54 55–64 65–74 75–84 85+ Separations per 1,000 people 2001-02 Female 2001-02 Male 2011-12 Male 2011-12 Female Age groups Sources: AIHW Hospital Statistics (both 2001-02 and 2011-12); ABS Cat 3101.0
  • 14. 14 Almost 2/3rds of real health spending increases came from factors other than population growth, ageing, and inflation -$2,000 $0 $2,000 $4,000 $6,000 $8,000 $10,000 $12,000 $14,000 $16,000 Public hospitals Medical services Medication Private hospitals Research Community health Dental Other Other Health inflation (beyond CPI) Ageing Population growth Breakdown of total real spending growth in health (2003-4 to 2010-11) Millions of 2010-11 dollars Sources: AIHW; ABS; DOHA
  • 15. 15 Alternative discourse • Population over 85 more than doubles!!!!! • But let us assume people over 85 have 25% less morbidity compared to today (compression of morbidity hypothesis) • Utilization projected to increase two thirds!!! • Utilization projected to increase 2% per annum
  • 16. 16 Voodoo (apocalyptic) demographics • Demeaning to elderly • Ignores past contributions • Ignores current contributions • Assumes no ‘intergenerational interlinkages’ • Neglects effect of increased life expectancy on Gross Domestic Product
  • 17. 17 Almost 2/3rds of real health spending increases came from factors other than population growth, ageing, and inflation -$2,000 $0 $2,000 $4,000 $6,000 $8,000 $10,000 $12,000 $14,000 $16,000 Public hospitals Medical services Medication Private hospitals Research Community health Dental Other Other Health inflation (beyond CPI) Ageing Population growth Breakdown of total real spending growth in health (2003-4 to 2010-11) Millions of 2010-11 dollars Sources: AIHW; ABS; DOHA
  • 18. 1818 Death rate for conditions amenable to health interventions is going down 0 50 100 150 200 250 1987 1992 1997 2002 2007 Amenable mortality per 100,000
  • 19. 1919 Self reported health status is improving Per cent of population reporting fair or poor health status 0 2 4 6 8 10 12 14 16 18 20 2001 2004 2007 2011
  • 20. 20 Sustainability panic • Is a distraction, avoiding dealing with the inevitable • Often leads to ‘panic type solutions’
  • 21. 21 The story so far • Health spending is increasing as share of both GDP and government budgets • We are getting something in return • Should we do something or nothing? • The glacier analogy is important: careful changes are what is needed not big bang shifts
  • 22. 22 Some non solutions • Shift costs to consumers • Privatise or perish • Reduce services
  • 23. 2323 Australia is already at the high end in terms of out-of-pocket share 0% 20% 40% 60% 80% 100% Netherlands Denmark Luxembourg UnitedKingdom NewZealand Sweden Italy France Germany Austria WestEuropeaverage Belgium Spain Ireland Canada Australia Portugal Switzerland Greece UnitedStates Per cent health expenditure Public Other private (including private health insurance) Out of pockets
  • 24. 2424 Low income households spend a higher proportion of income on health than high income households $
  • 25. 25 Risk transfer: the name of the game KPMG report on Sunshine Coast University Hospital
  • 26. 26 Privatise or perish • Does it transfer risk? • What about democratic accountability? can extend for periods in excess of the life of a particular Parliament and, on the basis of historical experience, the Government of the day. Some contracts that have been entered into by government have inter-generational consequences and involve a commitment to pay public funds in advance of, or independently of, the appropriation of those funds by the Parliament. Some contracts also have the potential to fetter the Executive flexibility of successor governments. (South Australian Auditor General)
  • 27. 27 Contracting risks • Need to describe product • If not, risk gaming • Asset specificity • Risk of capture • Risk of failure • Robina • Modbury • La Trobe Regional Hospital • Port Macquarie • Private sector not necessarily more efficient Williamson, O. E. (1975) Markets and hierarchies: Analysis and antitrust Implications, The Free Press
  • 28. 28 National ‘Activity Based Funding’ • Inpatients, Outpatients and ED activity priced • No change in Commonwealth funds to states 2012/13 Transition year 1 • More activities have prices (e.g. sub- acute) • No change in Commonwealth fund flow to states 2013/14 Transition year 2 Base year • Commonwealth provides additional funds to states based on growth in activity (45% of National Efficient Price, 50% in 2017) 2014/15 1st change year All this applies to ‘Public hospital services’
  • 29. 29 If not that, what? Sensible solutions • Reorienting the system • Focussing on efficiency (which isn’t the same as budget cuts, especially in the context of unmet demand) • Eliminating waste
  • 30. 30
  • 31. 3131 There is a significant difference in revision rates for different prostheses Data source: Australian Orthopaedic Association. National Joint Replacement Registry http://www.dmac.adelaide.edu.au/aoanjrr/publications.jsp
  • 32. 32 Simple benchmarking suggests cost variations could be large Deviation in cost per separation (weighted by DRG) -$6,000 -$4,000 -$2,000 $0 $2,000 $4,000 $6,000 $8,000 $10,000 Lowest-cost hospital ($4000 per weighted sep cheaper than average)
  • 33. 33 Benchmarking hip replacements 1: state comparisons Note: Graph truncated at $60,000. The proportion of I03B separations costing more than $60,000 is 1.03% in WA, and less than 0.65% in all other states; whiskers extend a distance of 4 times the IQ range; A B C D E F STATE >$10,000 difference between average cost in best and worst performing State $/separation COST for hip replacements by state (boxplots are at patient level, 2011)
  • 34. 34 Benchmarking hip replacements 2: comparing hospitals that have high volumes of hip replacements a b c d e f HOSPITAL g Note: Whiskers extend a distance of 4 times the IQ range $/separation COST for hip replacements in hospitals with highest volumes (boxplots are at patient level, 2011) Scale does not seem to be driving results
  • 35. 35 Early work suggests that in low cost hospitals have consistently good performance across clinical groups. In high cost hospitals, performance varies 0 1000 2000 3000 4000 5000 -$3,000 -$2,000 -$1,000 $0 $1,000 $2,000 $3,000 $4,000 ρ = 0.65 Variation across clinical groups Hospital effect (variation in adjusted cost per admission) High Variation across SRGs Low Variation Low cost High cost
  • 36. 36 The questions of the age • Should you reward less efficient hospitals by paying them more for treating patients than more efficient hospitals • Should you reward poor quality by paying hospitals that have higher rates of adverse events more than hospitals with lower rates • Should you reward less efficient hospitals by paying them more for inefficient management of the whole patient pathway? • Should hospitals be rewarded more or less if they don’t deliver on their commitments to patients as part of informed consent?
  • 37. 37 Progress on Activity based funding relies on alignment of three key factors Technical feasibility Management capacity Political will
  • 38. 38 PBS prices are far higher than the comparators we studied – often by more than an order of magnitude Note: chart represents the 58 identical doses for which the benchmark model was cheaper than the PBS. Only 39 drugs where the PBS cost is more than twice that of the comparator are displayed (average is for all 58 doses). Source: Grattan Institute analysis 0 20 40 60 Average: 8.2 PBS prices as multiples of benchmark price (wholesale, 2011-12) Drug-dose combinations Source of lowest price New Zealand Unnamed state Western Australia
  • 39. 39 One country, many prices $ million Estimated savings for generic and patented drugs Source: Grattan Institute 0 200 400 600 800 1000 1200 1400 1600 1800 Western Australia Unnamed state New Zealand Patented Generic
  • 40. 40 Current efforts to reduce prices don’t go far enough But benchmarking would save a lot more money Source: Grattan Institute analysis. Note: “Amoxycillin +” is amoxycillin with clavulanic acid. 0 5 10 Ex-manufacturer price ($) Price in 2011-12 Price after April 2013 reduction Benchmark price
  • 41. 41 Sneak preview 1 Upcoming report: Squandering Skills in Primary Care ‘Less complex’ GP visits • Only one problem managed • 1-2 medications prescribed • No pathology or imaging • No procedures (excluding immunisations) • No other clinical treatments (excluding advice/education) Proportion of GP visits by complexity (%) Source: Grattan Institute analysis of BEACH data 9% 10% 81% Existing problem New problem Oral contraceptives Allergic dermatitis Sinusitis Ear infections Bronchitis Immunisations Colds Proportion of ‘less complex’ visits with relatively straightforward problems managed 12% 8% 6% 3% 3% 3% Approximately 1/3 of ‘less complex’ visits or 12 million visits a year DRAFT – INTERIM RESULTS – FOR DISCUSSION PURPOSES ONLY
  • 42. 42 Respondents saw significant scope for change For each of the following groups respondents were asked to estimate the percentage of workload that could be done by a lower-cost group, without reducing quality of care 0% 10% 20% 30% Registered Nurses Physiotherapists Occupational Therapists Medical Interns Enrolled Nurses Resident Medical Staff Medical Specialists Round 2 Round 1 In round 2, respondents were provided with the average results from the previous round, which may have contributed to rising and converging estimates For each workforce group atleast 94% of respondents suggested that some substitution was possible
  • 43. 43 There was very strong agreement with a wide range of substitution options Respondents were asked to what extent they agreed that the following shifts of workload would reduce the cost without reducing quality and safety 0% 10% 20% 30% 40% 50% 60% 70% 80% 90% 100% RNs to ENs RNs to Personal Care Assistance RNs to Clerical Workers ENs to Personal Care Assistants ENs to Clerical Workers ENs to Cleaners Specialists to Physician Assistants Specialists to Nurse Practitioners Specialists to RNs Residents to Physician Assistant Resident to Nurse Practitioners Resident to RN Resident to clerical workers Interns to Nurse Practitioners Intern to RNs Interns to ENs Physiotherapists to Physio Assistants OT to allied health assistants Strongly agree Agree Neither Disagree Strongly disagree
  • 44. 44 There is great variation in GP services per capita We propose focusing on the bottom quintile 0 20 40 60 80 100 120 Kimberley-Pilbara Bentley-Armadale NorthernTerritory Central&NthWestQld Goldfields-Midwest ACT PerthNorthMetro NewEngland SouthernNSW SouthWestWA Fremantle PerthSouthCoastal Frankston-MorningtonPen. EasternMelbourne Hume CountrySouthSA NorthernSydney SouthWesternMelbourne PerthCentral&EastMetro Townsville-Mackay CentralQueensland Tasmania SydneyNorthShore Barwon Murrumbidgee Grampians Loddon-Mallee-Murray GreatSouthCoast DarlingDowns-SthWestQld FarNorthQueensland GreaterMetroSthBrisbane InnerEastMelbourne WesternNSW CountryNorthSA SouthernAdelaide NorthernAdelaide Gippsland MetroNorthBrisbane Hunter WestMoreton-Oxley LowerMurray Bayside NorthernMelbourne SouthEasternSydney CentralCoastNSW WideBay MacedonRanges GoulburnValley SouthEasternMelbourne Nepean-BlueMountains InnerWestSydney NorthCoastNSW FarWestNSW CentralAdelaide&Hills Illawarra-Shoalhaven GoldCoast InnerNorthWestMelb. EasternSydney WesternSydney SouthWesternSydney SunshineCoast Bottom fifth Proposed service increase Current services FWE GPs per 100,000 residents (2011-12) Medicare Local areas INTERIM RESULTS ONLY - SUBJECT TO CHANGE
  • 45. 45 So where to from here? • Sustainability panic vs hard yards: where you start might determine where you end up • Australia has a good health system in international terms • That doesn’t mean that we can’t improve it • ‘Improvement’ means just that •sensible change •sensibly implemented stephen.duckett@grattan.edu.au