2019’s tipping points for Māori health a message on primary care

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2019’s tipping points for Māori health a message on primary care

Dougal Thorburn
Population health lead and GP Dougal Thorburn says the “big elephant in the room” is capitation

We are on our summer break and the editorial office is closed until 13 January. We hope you enjoy this article which is part of Summer Hiatus, an eclectic mix from our news and clinical archives throughout the year, The Conversation and other publications we share content with. Please note the comment function has been turned off while we are away. Happy reading

The message from Māoridom gathered force in 2019, and the gavel dropped on the health system: guilty of producing inequalities of outcome for Māori an