Australia’s private healthcare sector caught in cost and labour crunch

Private healthcare providers in Australia are shutting down facilities or scaling back key services as profits decline, Gayle Dickerson and Jacqui Oestreich examine the key factors behind the sector’s pressure points.

Australia’s private healthcare sector (including hospitals, clinics, and practices) is facing a challenging operating environment as an increasing number of private health providers are being forced to close, sell, or significantly restructure operations. Private healthcare facilities like the Orange Private Hospital, which was sold two months after it entered voluntary administration in May 2023 – less than two years after opening – is just one example of how tough operating conditions in t...

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Authors: Gayle Dickerson, Jacqui Oestreich

Published Date: 02 May 2024