Extended Medicare Safety Net

2009 Review into the Extended Medicare Safety Net

A report on the operation, effectiveness and implications of the Extended Medicare Safety Net (EMSN) was tabled in both Houses of Parliament on 12 May 2009.

In this section:

The report is an independent review by the Centre for Health Economics Research and Evaluation at the University of Technology, Sydney, and examined the EMSN as required under the Health Legislation Amendment (Medicare) Act 2004.

Extended Medicare Safety Net Review Report (PDF 2990 KB)
ISBN: 1-74186-873-4
Online ISBN: 1-74186-874-2
Publications Number: P3-5200

Appendix A - Public and provider views – Supporting document for the Extended Medicare Safety Net Review Report 2009 (PDF 130 KB)
Appendix A - Public and provider views – Supporting document for the Extended Medicare Safety Net Review Report 2009 (HTML Version)
ISBN: 1-74186-892-0
Online ISBN: 1-74186-893-9
Publications Number: P3-5259

Appendix B- Methods – Supporting document for the Extended Medicare Safety Net Review Report 2009 (PDF 209 KB)
ISBN: 1-74186-894-7
Online ISBN: 1-74186-895-5
Publications Number: P3-5260

Appendix C- Regression results – Supporting document for the Extended Medicare Safety Net Review Report 2009 (PDF 459 KB)
ISBN: 1-74186-896-3
Online ISBN: 1-74186-897-1
Publications Number: P3-5261

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