The 'elephants in the room' for New Zealand's health system in its 80th anniversary year: general practice charges and ownership models.

This article considers two intertwined arrangements which stem from the post-1938 compromise that the Ministerial review will need to address if goals of equity and, indeed, the original intent of the 1938 legislation are to be delivered upon: general practice patient charges; and ownership models. It describes the problems patient charges create, and options for ownership that the Ministerial review might contemplate. PMID: 30703775 [PubMed - in process]
Source: New Zealand Medical Journal - Category: General Medicine Tags: N Z Med J Source Type: research