Battling red tape

GPs are inadequately reinforced and poorly funded — and don’t mention the paperwork

Correspondence:

1. Hogan CD. Communication overload. Med J Aust 2002; 177: 688. <eMJA full text>
2. Productivity Commission. General practice administrative and compliance costs, research report. Canberra: Commonwealth of Australia, 2003.
3. Department of Health and Ageing. Red Tape Taskforce: Overview. Available at: www.health.gov.au/redtape/overview.htm (accessed June 2004).
4. Department of Health and Ageing. Medicare Plus: update, March 2004. Available at: www.health.gov.au/medicareplus/update_march_04/glance 04.htm#section2 (accessed June 2004).
5. The Royal Australian College of General Practitioners. General Practice Representative Group, 2 June 2004. Available at: www.racgp.org.au/document.asp?id=13319 (accessed June 2004).

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