To the Editor: Young and Dobson1 have confirmed what has been long suspected by many rural doctors and patients — that women (and patients in general) in rural areas are paying higher out-of-pocket costs for general practice consultations than those in urban areas.
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Correspondence:
- 1. Young AF, Dobson AJ. The decline in bulk-billing and increase in out-of-pocket costs for general practice consultations in rural areas of Australia, 1995–2001. Med J Aust 2003; 178: 122-126. <eMJA full text>
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