Health costs a barrier for ACT patients, report finds
GP wait times were longer and costs of health care deterred more people from seeing a doctor in the ACT than interstate last year, a Productivity Commission report has found.
Doug Dingwall is a reporter for The Canberra Times
GP wait times were longer and costs of health care deterred more people from seeing a doctor in the ACT than interstate last year, a Productivity Commission report has found.
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