How your postcode can determine the quality of the care you get | Four Corners

Health Hazard: How your postcode can determine the quality of the care you get.

In this program, Four Corners reveals concerning evidence about the standard of hospital care many Australians are receiving.

Hospitals are supposed to be a place of care where patients are treated by highly trained staff well versed in dealing with emergencies and a vast range of illnesses. But not every hospital is delivering first-class care.

Where you live and the hospital you attend can have a profound effect on the quality of the care you receive.

In our investigation, medical staff are speaking out, calling for improvements to the hospital system after a series of preventable deaths and catastrophic injuries.

The latest health statistics show the rate of potentially avoidable deaths increases the further you go from a major city hospital. And with Australians being encouraged to move out from the city rat race for a sea or tree change the greater the strain on the hospital system, leaving medical staff struggling to cope.

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