The path to curing a sick system: Primary care at a crossroads without a map

hospital corridor at Auckland city hospital

Māori health equity will not be achieved if the main focus is on the risks in the hospital system [image: NZD]

Don Matheson, Johanna Reidy and Rawiri Keenan suggest primary care reform may go in one of two ways: intensely competitive or built on trust. In the second of two articles, the authors suggest the competition scenario is a risky move

Continuing to use purchasing as the main instrument of sector reform will intensify siloed arrangements Two approaches could define the future sh, Don Matheson, Don Matheson [image: supplied]

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Health reform

COVID-19

Primary Care

GPs

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Māori Health

Health IT

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