New Zealand has had state–financed hospital and general practitioner medical care for some 30 years. The system of deploying such money, in particular the method of payment of doctors, does have marked effects on the standard of medical care. However, considerable changes in medical knowledge and in the doctors' attitudes have occurred simultaneously, thus making the pattern of medical care subject to many influences.
Get full access to this article
View all access options for this article.
References
1.
DixonC. W.Public attitudes towards medical care in Dunedin. In Organization and Evaluation of Medical Care, Ms. 73–92. Department of Preventive and Social Medicine, University of Otago, Dunedin, New Zealand, December 1970.
2.
EmeryG. M.New Zealand medical care. Med. Care4: 159–170, 1966.
