Enough of general practice subsidising services or providing them at a loss

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Enough of general practice subsidising services or providing them at a loss

Tim Malloy, RNZCGP

Tim Malloy

ED, registrar, hospital
p No one wants patients admitted to hospital when they could be managed in primary care

GENPRO

It is a common misconception that general practices are ‘free’ to optimise their profitability. Not any more, writes Tim Malloy

I have been a general practice business owner for more years than I care to remember. I have invested my personal capital and my family’s capital. Col