PubMed · 2797588
What future for solo general practice?
Abstract
Marketing theory predicts that solo general practitioners are disadvantaged financially when compared to doctors practising in groups. This is supported by a 1985 random survey of Auckland general practitioners. This shows solo practitioners to have had a significantly lower net and gross income than did group practitioners in the time period 1981-82 to 1984-85. The difference is due to the combined effect of solo practitioners charging marginally lower fees, and seeing less patients weekly than did group practitioners. These results are discussed from a marketing perspective.
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I R McCormick, A N Thomson. 1989-10-11. What future for solo general practice?. https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/2797588/
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