Parasitic OZschwitz doctors: More than 90 per cent did not generate enough revenue to cover their allowance payments

Private patients are helping to prop up Queensland public hospitals, providing them with extra income in the order of $300 million each year, new figures show.

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Parasitic OZschwitz doctors: More than 90 per cent did not generate enough revenue to cover their allowance payments Doctors_729-620x349

Public hospitals received an additional $311 million from private patients in 2012-13, an increase of 21 per cent from the previous financial year when the system reaped $256 million.

Health Minister Lawrence Springborg released the figures last month, following a Question on Notice from shadow health spokeswoman Jo-Ann Miller.

The data reveals income from private patients in the public system has increased steadily in the past 10 years from $77 million in 2003-04 to $311 million.

The income from privately insured patients in the state’s public health system has increased more than 100 per cent in the past five years amid cash-strapped public hospitals' drive to increase private patient numbers.

Generous incentives have been offered to entice Queenslanders to be treated as private patients in the public system, including the waiving of special hospital fees and private health insurance excess payments.

Read more: http://www.brisbanetimes.com.au/queensland/private-patients-propping-up-public-hospitals-20140502-37n2a.html#ixzz30cCOdvfu

Parasitic OZschwitz doctors: More than 90 per cent did not generate enough revenue to cover their allowance payments

Parasitic OZschwitz doctors: More than 90 per cent did not generate enough revenue to cover their allowance payments

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