83% less GP visits?
May 26, 2014
A POLL by Cegedim Medibus of
200 general practitioners (GPs) has
found 83% expect a reduction in
patient visits following the Federal
Government’s announcement of a
$7 co-payment for GP visits.
The survey was conducted online
with 200 randomly selected GPs
from a pool of 1,200.
The GPs reported they saw 524
patients per month on average,
writing 103 scripts per month, the
company said.
According to the Australian
Bureau of Statistics, there were
43,400 GPs in 2011, which
would mean the survey sample
represented 0.46% of the total
population size.
The Government has estimated
that GP visits would fall by about
only 1%, the Sydney Morning
Herald reported.
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