FRIENDLY SOCIETIES^
t< ■» — -- HOSPITAL FEES CONFERENCE TO BE HELD Arrangements have been made for holding a conference in Wellington on 26th January of representatives of friendly societies, hospital boards, and the Department of Health to consider the question of the treatment of friendly society patients in general hospitals, J and if possible to formulate the terms of an agreement for adoption throughout the Dominion. At present the agreements in operation in the several districts vary considerably in their terms. A few boards ' have arrangements with friendly societies for the receipt of an annual per capita sum per member, ranging from 12s 6d to £1, entitling the member (or his wife or children) to free treatment in hospital up to a certain maximum. In the majority of cases, however, the friendly societies undertake payment of a proportion of the ordinary charge—in some cases half fees throughout, in others half fees for adults with no reduction for children, in others upwards of 75 per cent, of usual charges. In two cases a fixed annual rate per occupied bed is charged whether for adult or child patient.
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Evening Post, Volume 105, Issue 4, 6 January 1928, Page 8
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184FRIENDLY SOCIETIES^ Evening Post, Volume 105, Issue 4, 6 January 1928, Page 8
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