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2 months ago | 
mja.com.au | Karinna Saxby |Yuting Zhang
Med J Aust || doi: 10.5694/mja2.52562 Published online: 27 January 2025 The full article is accessible to AMA members and paid subscribers. Login to read more or purchase a subscription now. Please note: institutional and Research4Life access to the MJA is now provided through Wiley Online Library.
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Jan 12, 2025 | 
mja.com.au | Karinna Saxby |Mohamed Hammoud
Med J Aust 2025; 222 (1): 52-52. || doi: 10.5694/mja2.52542 Published online: 13 January 2025 To the Editor: As researchers with decades of experience in public health, and as proud members or allies of the LGBTI+ (lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, intersex, and other diverse sexual and gender identities) community, we express our deep concern about the handling of the collection of comprehensive data on LGBTI+ Australians in the 2026 census.
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Aug 5, 2024 | 
dailybulletin.com.au | Karinna Saxby
Community-level opposition to marriage equality and the stress that came with it is still making some Australians in same-sex relationships sick years after the vote, our study suggests. In research published today in the American Journal of Public Health, we show people in same-sex relationships living in areas more strongly opposed to marriage equality had higher rates of chronic health problems after the vote compared to those living in areas with less opposition.
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Jul 12, 2024 | 
hashtag.net.au | Karinna Saxby
A majority of Australians voted “no” to an Indigenous Voice to Parliament. But if we dig deeper into the data from the 2023 referendum, there is more to learn, especially about the health of Indigenous Australians living in communities with strong opposition to the Voice. It is a picture both striking and urgent. In research published today we show for the first time that Indigenous Australians living in regions more strongly opposed to the Voice had poorer health.
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Jul 8, 2024 | 
medicalxpress.com | Karinna Saxby |Kerry Hall |Mike Stephens
Policies designed to ensure Indigenous Australians have equitable access to medicines aren't being accessed uniformly across the nation, our research shows. We mapped where Indigenous Australians are using a program to access free or discounted medicines under the Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme (PBS). We found access was patchy and depended on where you live.
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Jul 7, 2024 | 
theconversation.com | Karinna Saxby |Kerry Hall |Mike Stephens
Policies designed to ensure Indigenous Australians have equitable access to medicines aren’t being accessed uniformly across the nation, our research shows. We mapped where Indigenous Australians are using a program to access free or discounted medicines under the Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme (PBS). We found access was patchy and depended on where you live. This is particularly concerning as many Indigenous Australians in areas with high rates of chronic conditions are not using the program.
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Jun 9, 2024 | 
lifehacker.com.au | Yuting Zhang |Karinna Saxby
Being able to afford health care is a pressing issue for many Australians. And encouraging GPs to bulk bill is one measure the government is taking to ease the strain. So what would it take for GPs to bulk bill everyone? In our recent paper, we calculated this is possible and affordable, given the current health budget. But we show recent incentives for GPs to bulk bill aren’t enough to get us there.
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Jun 4, 2024 | 
sbs.com.au | Yuting Zhang |Karinna Saxby
对于很多澳大利亚人来说，能够负担得起医疗服务是他们面临的迫切问题。鼓励家庭医生为病人提供全额报销（Bulk Bill）是政府为缓解其压力而采取的一项措施。 那么，家庭医生如何能为每个病人都提供全额报销呢？我们在最近的研究中计算出，考虑到目前的医疗预算，这是可能且负担得起的。 但我们发现，最近政府鼓励家庭医生提供全额报销的激励措施不足以令我们实现这个目标。 相反，我们需要调整医疗政策，提高全额报销金额，使我们的医疗系统更具持续性。 近年来，政府推出各种激励措施来尝试和鼓励家庭医生提供全额报销（因此病人无需自付费用）。 最近的一项是“三重全额报销激励措施”或简称“三重津贴（triple bonus）”。这些措施自 2023 年 11 月起开始实施。 全额报销是一项长期投资，可以延缓病症，并防止病人因贫穷而导致无法就医。 Credit: Shutterstock 根据这些激励措施，对持有优惠卡（concession...
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Jun 4, 2024 | 
ausdoc.com.au | Yuting Zhang |Karinna Saxby
Being able to afford healthcare is a pressing issue for many Australians. And encouraging GPs to bulk-bill is one measure the government is taking to ease the strain. So what would it take for GPs to bulk-bill everyone? × Welcome to AusDoc. Enabling and empowering the medical community to come together. Sign in If this is your first visit to the new AusDoc website, reset your password here.
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Jun 4, 2024 | 
sbs.com.au | Yuting Zhang |Karinna Saxby
對於很多澳洲人，能夠負擔得起醫療服務是一個迫切的問題。鼓勵家庭醫生為病人提供全額報銷「碌卡」（Bulk Bill），是政府為緩解壓力而採取的一項措施。 那麼，家庭醫生如何才能為每個病人都提供全額報銷呢？我們在最近的論文中計算出，考慮到目前的醫療預算，這是可能而且負擔得起。 但我們發現，最近鼓勵家庭醫生提供全額報銷的激勵措施不足以令我們實現這個目標。 相反，我們需要調整醫療政策，提高全額報銷金額，使我們的醫療系統更具持續性。 近年，政府推出各種激勵措施來嘗試和鼓勵家庭醫生提供全額報銷（因此病人無需自付費用）。 最近的一項是「三重全額報銷激勵措施」或簡稱「三重獎金（triple bonus）」。這些措施自 2023 年 11 月起就已實施。 全額報銷是一項長期投資，可以延緩病症，並防止病人因世代貧窮而導致患病。 Credit: Shutterstock 根據這些激勵措施，大都會地區的家庭醫生如果對持有優惠卡(concession card)人士或 16 歲以下兒童，接受全額報銷，將獲得 20.65 元的獎金。鄉鎮和偏遠地區的家庭醫生額外獲得 31.35至39.65...
