DHBs pick up rural clinics’ losses - How West Coast and Taranaki fund their general practices

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DHBs pick up rural clinics’ losses - How West Coast and Taranaki fund their general practices

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West Coast DHB subsidised the costs of its four general practices by $7 million over 14 months [Image: Gurpreet Singh on Unsplash]

Journalist Fiona Cassie takes a look at figures provided on the cost of running DHB general practices

West Coast DHB’s integrated health service model includes not just primary practice Two of the handful of DHBs that own and run general practices