Australia bolsters rural procedural care with new funding:
This article was originally published in Clinica
Executive Summary
Australia is to double its "incentive payments" to rural GPs providing surgical, anaesthetic and obstetric services in rural and remote areas. From February 2006, up to Aus$15,000 (US$11,300) annually will be provided for each of the more than 800 physicians participating in the Practice Incentives Program.