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Bulk-billing GP clinics did not significantly reduce emergency department caseload in Mackay, Queensland

Dale W Hanson, Herbert R Sadlier and Reinhold Muller
Med J Aust 2004; 180 (11): . || doi: 10.5694/j.1326-5377.2004.tb06102.x
Published online: 7 June 2004

Dale W Hanson,* Herbert R Sadlier,† Reinhold Muller‡


  • 1 James Cook University
  • 2 Emergency Department, Mackay Base Hospital, PO Box 5580, Mackay Mail Centre, Mackay, QLD 4741
  • 3 School of Public Health and Tropical Medicine, James Cook University, Townsville, QLD. dwhansonATmackay.matilda.net.au


Acknowledgements: 

Acknowledgement: This study was funded under the Priority Driven Research Program of the Australian Health Ministers Advisory Council.

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  • 3. Baggoley C. Primary care patients — what’s the problem? Emerg Med 1998; 10: 95-100.

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