Only one plan [66] and the PCT guidelines [52] , canvas the potential of recompense for financial loss to a general practice. The only country in which the planning level coincided with the level that made decisions about funding of health care was Canada. One regional health authority plan provided an outline of specific issues likely to affect physicians, and raised the possibility of reviewing funding mechanisms in a pandemic [67] . There appear to be no ancillary plans addressing principles of altered funding for private physicians in a pandemic.