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Help us or hospital system could fail: private operator

Tom McIlroy

One of Australia’s largest Catholic hospital operators, St John of God, has warned the country’s public health system risks being overwhelmed if private providers are not put on a more sustainable footing.

As the $22 billion private hospital sector faces intense financial stress driven by rising labour and input costs and constrained revenue, operators have welcomed an urgent review launched by Health Minister Mark Butler.

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Tom McIlroy was the Financial Review’s Canberra bureau chief.

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