Too high: specialist fees hit the sickest patients

By Lesley Russell
Updated April 24 2018 - 8:38pm, first published November 24 2015 - 7:20pm

Growing numbers of Australians find it increasingly difficult to access affordable outpatient specialist medical care. This has major consequences for their family finances, health outcomes and quality of life. It also means increased pressures on hospital budgets from preventable admissions that can result when patients skip specialist appointments and fail to comply with treatment regimes because of cost.

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