The Bettering the Evaluation and Care of Health (BEACH) program may be left high and dry

Russell, Lesley; Leeder, Stephen R

doi:10.5694/j.1326-5377.2007.tb01351.x

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Withdrawal of government funding may force the closure of this invaluable resource

General practice remains the cornerstone of Australia’s health services. About 85% of the population sees a general practitioner at least once in any year.1 Last financial year, that amounted to 103 million general practice services, at a cost to Medicare of $4 billion.2

1 Menzies Centre for Health Policy, University of Sydney, Sydney, NSW and Australian National University, Canberra, ACT.
2 University of Sydney, Sydney, NSW.

Correspondence: lesleyr@med.usyd.edu.au

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