This article covers the following aspects of the business side of general practice: the different ways in which practices are funded, depending on the nature of their contracts with their Primary Care Organization, and the constituent lements of those contracts; how practices operate as differently constituted business entities; how financial considerations affect the delivery of services; the responsibilities of GPs as employers and how general practice is affected by a changing and increasingly competitive market environment.
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