Unlocking aged care data for policy development

22 Dec 2020

In this short article, Professor Brenda Gannon and My (Michelle) Tran review the use of a public data set for health policy making.

Key points

  • The My Aged Care platform provides a public dataset on prices for in-home care services
  • Data provides variables including geographical location and levels of service and is updated annually 
  • Longitudinal analysis is recommended to provide an evidence-basis for policy development.

Visit the article at The Australian Economic Review

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