Waiting times for elective surgery and t
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Meliyanni Johar; Glenn Jones; Michael Keane; Elizabeth Savage; Olena Stavrunova
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Article
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2011
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John Wiley and Sons
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English
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## Abstract More than 45% of Australians buy health insurance for private treatment in hospital. This is despite having access to universal and free public hospital treatment. Anecdotal evidence suggests that avoidance of long waits for public treatment is one possible explanation for the high rate