Poor and elderly Australians let down by ailing primary health system
- Written by Hal Swerissen, Emeritus Professor, La Trobe University, and Fellow, Health Program, Grattan Institute
Around 4% of Australians have delayed seeing a GP because of the cost; this rises to 18% for GPs.Shutterstock
Primary care services are usually our first point of contact with the health system. Each year, about A$50 billion – nearly a third of all health expenditure – is spent on more than 400 million primary care services delivered by...
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