‘High trust and low barriers to access’ help Canterbury general practices keep hospital stats down

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‘High trust and low barriers to access’ help Canterbury general practices keep hospital stats down

24 hour surgery Christchurch
The 24 Hour Surgery in Christchurch is part of Canterbury’s system for keeping down acute hospital admissions
Just putting a payment mechanism in place, printing a glossy brochure, and running a seminar will not do it! Takes sustained effort over some years to
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McGeoch G, Shand B, Gullery C, et al. Hospital avoidance: an integrated community system to reduce acute hospital demand. Primary Health Care Research & Development 2019;20:e144 (online 29 October).

https://doi.org/10.1017/S1463423619000756