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Newcastle Herald
Newcastle Herald
Health
Damon Cronshaw

EXPLAINED: Cost to see a gp will keep rising unless big changes occur | Vintage Vibes

Long-term rises in GP fees were 'a sign of a more fundamental structural issue', health economist Francesco Paolucci said. Picture supplied

The average out-of-pocket cost for Hunter and Central Coast patients to see a GP was $46.16 in the September quarter, a rise of 60 per cent in a decade.

Medicare data showed this gap fee for the Hunter New England and Central Coast primary health network was $40.27 in the September quarter last year.

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