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Vanessa Weenink calculates that the costs of a salaried GP system would be far in excess of today’s mix in which many GPs are owners and contractors
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Pharmacist prescribers Linda Bryant and Leanne Te Karu discuss positive polypharmacy for heart failure. Current evidence shows the intensive implementation of four medications offers the greatest benefit to most patients with heart failure, with significant reductions in cardiovascular mortality, heart failure hospitalisations and all-cause mortality
