Appendix 1

List of public submissions, tabled documents, supplementary information and other written material authorised for publication by the committee

1	Dr Michael Rose (QLD)
2	Dr Russell Broadbent (QLD)
3	Mr G R Neely (VIC)
4	Hunter Urban Network for Consumers of Healthcare (NSW)
5	Cancer Foundation of Western Australia (WA)
6	Dr Lionel Wilson - Qual-med Pty Ltd (NSW)
7	Health Consumers’ Council WA (Inc) (WA)
8	National Seniors Association (QLD)
9	Professor Don Roberton, Professor of Paediatrics, University of Adelaide (SA)
10	Association of Independent Retirees Inc (VIC)
11	Doctors’ Reform Society of Western Australia (WA)
12	Deafness Association of the Northern Territory (NT)
13	Dr James E Breheny (VIC)
14	National Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC) (ACT)
15	Merck Sharp & Dohme (Australia) Pty Ltd (NSW)
16	Queensland Nurses’ Union (QLD) Supplementary information Queensland Health submission to the Two Year Review of Aged Care Reforms, provided 15.3.00 Tabled at public hearing 22.3.00 Valuing Nurses, QNU Submission to the Ministerial Taskforce on Recruitment and Retention, June 1999
17	Public Hospitals, Health & Medicare Alliance of Queensland (QLD)
18	Australian Private Hospitals Association Limited (ACT)
19	Professor Richard W Harper (VIC)
20	Doctors Reform Society (QLD)
21	Midwifery Practice & Research Centre (NSW)
22	Professor Don Hindle, School of Health Services Management, UNSW (NSW) Supplementary information Additional information following the hearing 21 March 2000 dated 12.4.00
23	National Allied Health Casemix Committee (VIC) Tabled at public hearing 23.3.00 Report on the Development of Allied Health Indicators for Intervention and Performance Indicators
24	Dr Steven Doherty (NSW)
25	Dr Robert Dowsett (NSW)
26	Medical Consumers Association of NSW (NSW)
27	Australian Medical Association (Victoria) (VIC)
28	Royal Australasian College of Surgeons (VIC)
29	Private Health Insurance Administration Council (PHIAC) (ACT)
30	Ms Margaret Mauro (NSW)
31	Aged and Community Services Australia (VIC)
32	Dr Geoff Masters (WA)
33	Queensland Ex-Service Round Table (QLD)
34	Darwin Community Legal Service (NT)
35	The Speech Pathology Association of Australia (VIC)
36	Australasian Faculty of Rehabilitation Medicine (NSW)
37	Barwon Health (VIC) Supplementary information Reponse to questions from hearing 23 March 2000, dated 12.4.00
38	Commonwealth Department of Health and Aged Care (ACT) Tabled at public hearing 11.11.99 Changes to DHAC submission States Graph - Submission to Senate Community Affairs Legislation Committee Printout of presentation slides. Supplementary information Response to questions from hearing 11 November 1999, dated 17.1.00 Response to questions from hearing 11 November 1999, dated 11.2.00 Response to questions from hearing 11 November 1999, dated 17.5.00 Additional information concerning Australian Health Care Agreements, dated 16.6.00
39	Australian Nursing Federation (VIC)
40	Committee of Presidents of Medical Colleges (VIC) Supplementary information Additional information following the hearing 23 March 2000 dated 24.3.00 Additional information following the hearing 23 March 2000 dated 8.5.00
41	Queensland Government (QLD) Supplementary information Additional information following the hearing 11 November 1999 dated 10.12.99 Response to questions from hearing 22 March 2000, dated 26.5.00 Additional information concerning cost shifting dated 19.7.00 Health Service Integration in Queensland: Position Statement: June 2000
42	Dr Paul Cunningham
43	Dr Bryan Walpole (TAS)
44	Mayne Nickless Limited (NSW)
45	Royal Australasian College of Physicians Health Issues Centre Australian Consumers’ Association (NSW) Supplementary information Additional information on the Clinical Support Systems Project, dated 14.6.00
46	Centre for Health Program Evaluation (VIC) Supplementary information Information expanding on issues raised in submission, dated 15.3.00 Copy of overheads used at hearing on 23.3.00 Private health insurance initiatives, dated 15.8.00 Statistics from CGC: 1998 Update; Dissection of Health Expenditure and Revenue Hospital Services How we are to Prioritise Possible Reforms Regional Single Fundholder Model
47	Australian Medical Association (ACT)
48	Swan Health Service - Primary Health Management Team (WA)
49	Monash University - Faculty of Medicine (VIC)
50	Dr John Deeble (ACT)
51	South Australian Salaried Medical Officers Association (SA)
52	The Society of Hospital Pharmacists of Australia (VIC) Tabled at public hearing 21.3.00 Selection of Articles from Pharmacotherapy, AJH-SP, Pharmacoeconomics Supplementary information Response to questions from hearing 21 March 2000, dated 19.4.00 Comments re pharmaceutical funding, dated 17.8.00
53	Associate Professor John Duggan (NSW)
54	Royal Australian and New Zealand College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists (VIC)
55	Australian Health Insurance Association Ltd (ACT) Tabled at public hearing 11.11.99 Tables: Utilisation and Bed Day Costs; Hospital Bed Days per 1000 People Covered; Total Annual Benefits Paid Supplementary information Response to questions from hearing 11 November 1999, dated 18.11.99 Private health insurance and the public hospital system, dated 17.8.00
56	Catholic Health Australia (ACT) Supplementary information Response to questions from hearing 11 April 2000, dated 19.4.00
57	Australian Salaried Medical Officers Federation (ACT Branch) (ACT)
58	Australian College of Midwives Inc - SA Branch (SA) Tabled at public hearing 23.2.00 Graphs relating to health expenditure
59	NSW Therapeutic Assessment Group Inc (NSW) Tabled at public hearing 21.3.00 Indicators for Drug & Therapeutics Committees, NSW TAG, January 1997 Manual of Indicators for drug use in Australian hospitals, NSW TAG, April 1998 Supplementary information Workforce Planning Study, Hospital Pharmacists in NSW (prepared for the Pharmacy Board of NSW July 1999) Pharmacy Workforce in NSW - Strategies for change (prepared by NSW Health Department Pharmacy Monitoring and Review Committee, August 1999) Editorial from the American Journal of Health-System Pharmacy, February 2000 Additional information, dated 28.11.00 and TAGNET Bulletin No.5, August 2000
60	South Australian Government (SA) Tabled at public hearing 23.2.00 AHCAs Indexation arrangements - comparison of Commonwealth funding to states/territories Supplementary information Additional information and responses to questions on notice following the hearing 23 February 2000, dated 30.6.00
61	Australian Physiotherapy Association (VIC)
62	Australian College of Health Service Executives (NSW)
63	Australian Healthcare Association Women’s Hospitals Australia Australian Association of Paediatric Teaching Centres (ACT) Supplementary information Additional information dated 3.4.00
64	Australian Midwifery Action Project (AMAP) (NSW)
65	Australian Nursing Federation (SA Branch) (SA) Tabled at public hearing 23.2.00 Additional information Supplementary information Response to questions from hearing 23 February 2000, dated 28.3.00
66	National Rural Health Alliance (ACT) Tabled at public hearing 11.11.99 Healthy Horizons Balancing Health Imperatives with Broader Rural Issues, H. Morton Fringe Benefits Tax and Rural Health, NRHA FBT Reforms - Impact on the Health Care Industry, AHA Regional Health summit - Extracts from Final Report
67	Tasmanian Government (TAS)
68	The NSW Midwives Association (NSW)
69	Northern Territory Government (NT) Supplementary information Response to questions from hearing 24 February 2000, dated 28.3.00 Additional information concerning hospital funding in the NT, dated 14.6.00
70	Medical Benefits Fund of Australia Limited (NSW)
71	Mr John Gill (VIC)
72	Consumers’ Health Forum of Australia Inc (ACT)
73	Dr John Vinen (NSW)
74	Walcha Council (NSW)
75	Australian College of Midwives Incorporated - Victorian Branch (VIC)
76	The Royal Australian and New Zealand College of Radiologists - Faculty of Radiation Oncology (NSW)
77	Miss B Cobble (VIC)
78	Mr Paul Henderson MLA - Shadow Health Minister for the Northern Territory (NT)
79	New South Wales Government (NSW) Tabled at public hearing 21.3.00 A Review of NSW Health, Report to the NSW Treasurer and the Minister for Health, Independent Pricing and Regulatory Tribunal, November 1998 Hospital Data Analysis Consultancy, Final Report, October 1999 Copy of letter Minister for Health (NSW) to Minister for Health and Aged Care (Cth), undated Supplementary information Response to questions from hearing 21 March 2000, dated 21.7.00
80	Mr Les Park (WA)
81	Queensland Greens (QLD)
82	Mr Andrew Lockwood-Penney (VIC)
83	Dr J M Wynne (QLD)
84	National Aboriginal Cummunity Controlled Health Organisation (ACT)
85	Metropolitan Hospital Advocacy Committee (NSW)
86	Australian Association of Surgeons (NSW)
87	National Council of Women of Australia (VIC)
88	Australian Nursing Federation (Victorian Branch) (VIC)
89	Australian Medical Association (Northern Territory Branch) (NT)
90	Dr Eddie Price (NSW)
91	Dental Health Services Victoria (VIC)
92	Ms Amber Bramble (NSW)
93	Professor John Zalcberg (VIC)

Additional Information

ACT Minister for Health and Community Care, Mr Michael Moore MLA

Activity Report - Financial Year 1997-98, 1998-99

ACT Department of Health and Community Care - Annual Reports 1996-97, 1997-98

Chart on cost weighted separations for ACT Public Hospitals - 1996-1999

Data on Public Acute Care Hospitals, provided for the Productivity Commission 2000 Report on Government Service Provision

Supplementary information

Response to questions from hearing 11 April 2000, dated 15.7.00

Australian Nursing Federation (Northern Territory Branch) - Nurse salary comparative data across Australia, dated 24.2.00

Centre for Clinical Effectiveness, Monash Medical Centre - Information on the Centre, evidence-based medicine and examples of Evidence Centre Reports, dated 4 May 2000

Health Department of Western Australia - Answers to questions on notice following hearing on 25 February 2000 dated 24.3.00

Victorian Minister for Health, The Hon John Thwaites MP

Copy of overheads used at hearing on 23.3.00

Response to questions on notice from hearing 23 March 2000, dated 26.6.00

Commissioned Report

Centre for Health Economics Research and Evaluation (CHERE) Progress Report, dated April 2000 and Final Report, dated June 2000.

Campaign Mail and Petitions

The Committee received 6,739 letters, postcards and Emails from all States and Territories expressing support for Medicare and the public health system. The breakdown between each State and Territory was as follows:

New South Wales - 1167

Queensland - 3101

South Australia - 1176

Tasmania - 64

Victoria - 821

Western Australia - 45

Australian Capital Territory - 222

Northern Territory - 117

No Identification - 26

Not supporting Medicare - 1

The text of this correspondence read as follows:

Dear Senator Crowley,

I am writing to you in your position as Chair of the current Senate Inquiry into Public Hospital Funding to inform you of my wholehearted support for Medicare and our public health system.

Medicare is fair - it is a system in which access to health care is based on need and not ability to pay. I don't want to see our Australian health system become an unjust two-tiered system like the USA.

I believe all Australians must be able to access quality health care - this is a basic human right. The fairest, most efficient and easiest way to do this is through our taxation system and Medicare.

Please ensure that your Inquiry listens to the views of the majority of Australians who support Medicare and our public health system. We want to see this system extended so that health services to all Australians are improved.

The Committee notes that 6 petitions expressing similar sentiments have been presented to the Senate with 12,448 signatories