This paper was presented by Owen Gabbitas at the Productivity Perspectives 2007 conference, held jointly by the Australian Bureau of Statistics and the Productivity Commission in Canberra on 6 December 2007. The objective of the conference was to provide an overview of productivity trends and a range of productivity measurement, analytical and policy issues.

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Contents

1 Introduction

2 Measuring productivity in health services delivery

3 An overview of health services delivery in Australia

4 Health and community services productivity

5 Public hospital productivity

6 Hip replacement and revision productivity

7 Improving health productivity measures

8 Summing up

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