PPP072 - Is your postcode making you sick? The Australian Atlas of Healthcare 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 us or surgery? How measuring healthcare variation can be used to enact change  Find out more about the Australian Atlas of Healthcare Variation