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Towards general practice‐led integrated healthcare in New Zealand
Author(s) -
Malcolm Laurence A
Publication year - 1998
Publication title -
medical journal of australia
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.904
H-Index - 131
eISSN - 1326-5377
pISSN - 0025-729X
DOI - 10.5694/j.1326-5377.1998.tb116016.x
Subject(s) - incentive , accountability , key (lock) , health care , business , quality (philosophy) , healthcare system , public relations , political science , economics , economic growth , computer science , computer security , philosophy , epistemology , law , microeconomics
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.