
%0 Journal Article
%A O'Meara, Peter 
%A Hall, Robert H 
%A Strasser, Roger 
%T Developing a funding model for an after-hours primary medical care service in a rural town
%J Australian Health Review
%D 1998/09/01
%V 21
%N 3
%P 104-115
%K 
%R https://doi.org/10.1071/AH980104
%U https://www.publish.csiro.au/paper/AH980104 
%X The study described in this paper aimed to determine a funding model for an after-hoursprimary medical care service in the rural town of Moe, a socioeconomicallydisadvantaged area of Victoria suffering the rigours of industry restructuring andprivatisation. It has 12.5 equivalent full-time general practitioners servicing 21- 966persons.A break-even analysis of the financial viability compared the expected costs ofproviding the service with the anticipated income. A mixed funding model isrecommended. This would incorporate a general practitioner incentive scheme andState Government underwriting of infrastructure and basic non-medical staffing costsduring the business development phase to supplement the income from the HealthInsurance Commission. 
