Concerns identified by medical doctors working in urgent care clinic models in Australia
Four practical solutions to the seven concerns were: (1) adoption of Medicare Benefits Schedule UCC item numbers for UCCs and general practices; (2) introducing recognition of extended skills for UCC medical doctors through the RACGP; (3) developing an Australian UCC standard; and (4) increased public health campaigns.
Authors
- John Adie (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4310-2264)
- Nigel Barr (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2423-0594)
- Nicole Masters (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8103-1260)
- Michelle Murphy (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1413-351X)
- Ben Adie
Institutions
- University of the Sunshine Coast (AU)
- Airbus (India) (IN)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Australian Journal of General Practice
- Published
- 2025-09-01
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.31128/ajgp-08-24-7394
- Primary Topic
- Emergency and Acute Care Studies
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00