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Originally Posted by Unregistered
Is it still about volume with the new capitation model?
I think no one answered the OP question at the start. How will our healthcare change for both fm and specialist (in both public and private) once the new capitation model kicks in..
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As others have alluded to above, capitation model was introduced to provide primary care at a fixed budget. With increasing healthcare costs that means something have to give, usually doctors remuneration.
So more Gs/FPs are needed but everyone share the same pie, hence the increase fam med recruitment drive you see happening now. In the UK when capitation was introduced lots of my UK classmates who were GPs migrated to Australia where the GP pay is higher with lesser working hours.