Survey to better understand general practice costs

Sapere Research Group has been commissioned to provide advice to the interim entities (interim Health New Zealand and interim Maori Health Authority) on options for the future of primary care funding. While there is information that we can use on cost for many aspects of general practice, expenditure by different kinds of practice on rent and overheads is often invisible. We would like to make sure that we have an understanding of the range of these costs for general practices as we develop our advice, and would welcome any information that you are willing to share. You could fill this in by looking at your annual accounts for the last financial year. We do not require any practice identifiable information, but you may name your practice if you wish to do so. 

We will prepare a brief summary of the aggregate results and place this on the Sapere website, so that you will have a chance to see the overall result and to understand where your practice lies in the range.

We appreciate your response to this brief survey, and hope that we will be able to provide an improved understanding of the true costs of operating general practice.