Towards general practice-led integrated healthcare in New Zealand.
New Zealand's recent painful experience of health system reforms has shown that professional incentives are more powerful than market incentives, and that medical leadership, with accountability for both cost and quality, may be the key to success.
Malcolm
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Aotearoa Health, Governors Bay (Christchurch), NZ. laurelyn@chch.planet.org.nz
D003362:Cost-Benefit Analysis / Q000639:trends; D019033:Delivery of Health Care, Integrated / Q000191:economics / Q000639:trends*; D005194:Family Practice / Q000191:economics / Q000639:trends*; D005544:Forecasting; D018166:Health Care Reform / Q000191:economics / Q000639:trends; D006801:Humans; D009313:National Health Programs / Q000191:economics / Q000639:trends*; D009520:New Zealand; D011785:Quality Assurance, Health Care / Q000191:economics / Q000639:trends