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Thanks to GPs’ productivity, the taxpayer receives a billion-dollar bonus every year

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Vanessa Weenink

Crunching the numbers

NZMA GP COUNCIL

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

The future of general practice in New Zealand is often on my mind. General Practice New Zealand has released an update of its “dream team” analysis fo
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References

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4.RNZCGP. Workforce Survey 2018. Wellington, New Zealand: RNZCGP; 2019.