Patients Will Bear The Brunt In Lab Funding Decision - New Zealand Medical Association
The New Zealand Medical Association is hugely disappointed that two South Island District Health Boards have chosen to stop paying for laboratory tests for the patients of private specialists. Otago and Southland DHBs have now made this decision, despite being cautioned to take a different approach. “This decision will have patients in these two areas receiving a lesser level of health funding than those in 17 other DHBs.