Private hospitals in Australia, their conduct, administration and ownership / report by the Senate Select Committee on Private Hospitals and Nursing Homes

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SENATE SELECT COMMITTEE ON PRIVATE HOSPITALS AND NURSING HOMES Private Hospitals in Australia: their conduct, administration and ownership 1987 1
PRIVATE HOSPITALS IN AUSTRALIA: their conduct, administration and ownership Report by the Senate Select Committee on Private Hospitals and Nursing Homes April 1987 5
CONTENTS 9
List of tables 16
ABBREVIATIONS AND ACRONYMS 19
THE INQUIRY: INTRODUCTION AND OVERVIEW 21
RECOMMENDATIONS 39
CHAPTER 1 PRIVATE HOSPITALS IN AUSTRALIA 49
CHAPTER 2 FINANCIAL ORGANISATION OF PRIVATE HOSPITALS 119
CHAPTER 3 ADMINISTRATIVE STANDARDS OF PRIVATE HOSPITALS 179
CHAPTER 4 PATTERNS OF OWNERSHIP IN PRIVATE ENTERPRISE HOSPITALS 207
CHAPTER 5 MEDICAL PRACTITIONERS' PECUNIARY INTERESTS 263
CHAPTER 6 FOREIGN INVESTMENT IN THE AUSTRALIAN PRIVATE HOSPITAL SECTOR 295
CHAPTER 7 CORPORATE MEDICINE 323
CHAPTER 8 CONTROL AND STANDARDS IN PRIVATE HOSPITALS 383
DISSENTING REPORTS DISSENT BY SENATOR SHIRLEY WALTERS AND SENATOR DAVID BROWNHILL 441
DISSENT BY SENATOR JANINE HAINES 450
APPENDIX 1 Resolutions of the Senate relating to the establishment of the Committee 453
APPENDIX 2 Individuals and organisations who made written submissions to the committee 459
APPENDIX 3 Witnesses 469
APPENDIX 4 483
APPENDIX 5 495
APPENDIX 6 497
APPENDIX 7 Report of task force established to review private hospital categorisation arrangements 499
APPENDIX 8 New South Wales Doctors' Dispute: Joint statement by the Prime Minister and Premier of New South Wales 511
APPENDIX 9 Committee questionnaire on ownership 517

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