A/Prof Fiona McDonald

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A/Prof Fiona McDonald

Associate Professor at the Australian Centre for Health Law Research, Queensland University of Technology

Fiona is an Associate Professor at the Faculty of Law at Queensland University of Technology (QUT), Australia. Fiona is also an Adjunct Associate Professor at the Department of Bioethics, Dalhousie University, Canada. Fiona’s research encompasses issues related to health governance and has four broad themes:

* the governance of health systems
* the governance of health technologies
* the governance of health professionals
* the governance of health organisations

Is rising payroll tax about to undo bulk billing gains?

State tax greed likely to reverse recent federal efforts to improve bulk billing...

Public health

Clinical Articles

What if Medicare was restricted to GPs who bulk billed? This kind of reform is possible

Australia’s health system is under significant pressure. The Labor government has inherited a system with declining bulk-billing rates for GP visits

What if Medicare was restricted to GPs who bulk billed? This kind of reform is possible

Australia’s health system is under significant pressure. The Labor government has inherited a system with declining bulk-billing rates for GP visits

By A/Prof Fiona McDonald, Prof Stephen Duckett

Clinical Articles

Public health

Is rising payroll tax about to undo bulk billing gains?

State tax greed likely to reverse recent federal efforts to improve bulk billing...

By Prof Stephen Duckett, A/Prof Fiona McDonald