Impact of removing prescription co-payments on the use of costly health services: a pragmatic randomised controlled trial

• Main Authors: Pauline Norris (Author), Kim Cousins (Author), Simon Horsburgh (Author), Shirley Keown (Author), Marianna Churchward (Author), Ariyapala Samaranayaka (Author), Alesha Smith (Author), Carlo Marra (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: BMC, 2023-01-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Abstract Objectives To determine whether exempting people (with high health needs and living in areas of high deprivation) from a $5 prescription charge reduces hospital use. Design Two-group parallel prospective randomised controlled trial. Setting People living in the community in various regions...