title: Turn account settlement into a PR exercise.
abstract: In general practice it will cost 20 to 25 per cent of the average consultation fee to collect the fee by sending accounts. One might well ask the question: Who can afford to lose that amount of the present consulting fee and still survive economically? At the same time as the fee settlement, the receptionist can help the patient and aid practice efficiency.
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: North
mesh_terms: D005251:Fees, Medical; D006801:Humans; D009817:Office Management / Q000191:economics*