Response to Davies’ model of care: ‘Patient-hoarding’ GPs are in fact meeting real needs

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Response to Davies’ model of care: ‘Patient-hoarding’ GPs are in fact meeting real needs

24 May 2023

Ben Gray and Eileen McKinlay

Wednesday 24 May 2023, 01:00 AM

Many people with long-term conditions cannot afford to make healthy lifestyle changes [Image: Dan Gold on Unsplash]

Reversing diabetes via lifestyle change may, indeed, be possible in well-resourced whānau but many people with long-term conditions need ongoing medical support, write Ben Gray and Eileen McKinlay

Long-term conditions are typically defined as being unable to be cured and, over time, progressing Glen Davies asks, “What if GPs could discharge

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References

Barthow C, Pullon S, McKinlay E, et al. It is time for a more targeted approach to prediabetes in primary care in Aotearoa New Zealand. J Prim Health Care 2022;14(4):372–377.
Barthow C, Krebs J, McKinlay E. A multiple case study of pre-diabetes care undertaken by general practice in Aotearoa/New Zealand: de-incentivised and de-prioritised work. BMC Primary Care 2023;24(1):109.
Huber M, Knottnerus, Green L, et al. How should we define health? BMJ 2011;343:d4163.

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