PPP072 - Is your postcode making you sick? The Australian Atlas of Health Variation

Kristin and Jane caught up with Professor Anne Duggan, a gastroenterologist, and Meredith Page, a pharmacist, who work at the Australian Commission on Safety and Quality in Health Care

 We spoke about:

• What is healthcare variation and why do we measure it?

• Is variation necessarily a bad thing?

• How does Australia compare internationally with what is measured in our Atlas, for example medication use or surgery?

• How measuring healthcare variation can be used to enact change

 Find out more about the Australian Atlas of Healthcare Variation