Otago study finds $5 prescription fee harming health of vulnerable populations

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Otago study finds $5 prescription fee harming health of vulnerable populations

Jonathan
Chilton-Towle
Pauline Norris
Professor Pauline Norris, of the University of Otago’s Va’a o Tautai – Centre for Pacific Health, says the $5 prescription copayment is leading to vulnerable people being hospitalised [Image - Supplied]
University of Otago researchers are calling for the $5 prescription copayment to be scrapped after their randomised control trial showed the fee is da