Using Australian general practitioners (GPs) as a case study, this paper examines the impact of a public subsidy withdrawal on provider behaviour. The removal of the joint injection item from public insurance provides an opportunity to examine behavioural changes in the context of the removal of...

In this paper, we examine trends in provider fees charged, government expenditure on private out-of-hospital medical services, and out of pocket costs following policy changes intended to reduce government expenditure. We examine the experience of a high-need patient group: people diagnosed with...