Author: SMITH, PETER
Title: The Private Prescription : The Story of Southern Cross Healthcare
Description: New Zealand, Southern Cross. 2000, First Edition. (ISBN: 0473064693) Hard Cover with dust jacket, 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Published for their 40th Anniversary. The dual system (public/private care) set up first Labour Government’s Social Security Act in the 1930’s. By the mid 1950s, a growing number of surgeons working in the dual system ie in both the public and private sectors, felt that the government contribution towards hospital costs of those opting for private care was not keeping up with the burgeoning overall costs of surgery. This was the germination of private healthcare that we have now. Privately published by the society and mostly distributed within their system. CONDITION Blue bds, clean with a little shelf wear to bottom edge, 251 pages with b/w photo illus printed on glossy paper stock. Bright and crisp as new, Southern Cross copy with card taped inside front. DJ in very nice condition. #New Zealand History#. As New/As New.

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