https://ogma.newcastle.edu.au/vital/access/ /manager/Index en-au 5 https://ogma.newcastle.edu.au/vital/access/ /manager/Repository/uon:18501 Wed 11 Apr 2018 17:05:42 AEST ]]> https://ogma.newcastle.edu.au/vital/access/ /manager/Repository/uon:15692 $1,000 acceptable as reward for quitting smoking. Conclusions: Acceptability for the use of financial incentives in reducing antenatal smoking is low among pregnant women. Future research should explore views of a wider audience and continue to gather stronger evidence of the efficacy of rewards for reducing smoking in pregnancy.]]> Wed 11 Apr 2018 16:49:51 AEST ]]> https://ogma.newcastle.edu.au/vital/access/ /manager/Repository/uon:29508 Wed 11 Apr 2018 11:38:11 AEST ]]> https://ogma.newcastle.edu.au/vital/access/ /manager/Repository/uon:30539 Wed 11 Apr 2018 09:23:58 AEST ]]> https://ogma.newcastle.edu.au/vital/access/ /manager/Repository/uon:16366 Sat 24 Mar 2018 07:52:29 AEDT ]]> https://ogma.newcastle.edu.au/vital/access/ /manager/Repository/uon:27019 Sat 24 Mar 2018 07:30:16 AEDT ]]> https://ogma.newcastle.edu.au/vital/access/ /manager/Repository/uon:33116 Strengthening Medicare reforms in 2004 and 2005, which included a targeted incentive for GPs to charge zero OOP costs for consultations provided to children and concession cardholders (older adults and the poor), as well as an increase in the reimbursement for all GP visits. This paper examines the impact of those reforms using longitudinal survey and administrative data from a large national sample of women. The findings suggest that the reforms were effective in reducing OOP costs by an average of $A0.40 per visit. Decreases in OOP costs, however, were not evenly distributed. Those with higher pre-reform OOP costs had the biggest reductions in OOP costs, as did those with concession cards. However, results also reveal increases in OOP costs for most people without a concession card. The analysis suggests that there has been considerable heterogeneity in GP responses to the reforms, which has led to substantial changes in the fees charged by doctors and, as a result, the OOP costs incurred by different population groups.]]> Mon 27 Aug 2018 15:49:52 AEST ]]>