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

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

Correspondence: dwhanson@mackay.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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