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Treating Australia’s high blood pressure problem comes at a high annual cost of more than AUD1.2 billion, with patients covering 40 per cent of the bill in out-of-pocket charges, and the taxpayer footing the remaining 60 per cent through government subsidies and industry contracts, says a new analysis by The George Institute for Global Health published today in Medical Journal of Australia.1

Research conducted by The George Institute for Global Health has revealed that just 36 per cent of intended supermarket items carried a Health Star Rating, which provides consumers with a simple five-star scale to support healthier purchasing decisions – well short of this year’s 60 per cent target set by the federal government.

Recommendations drive funders and researchers to account for the role of sex and gender in health and disease.