Southern District Health Board chief executive Brian Rousseau told the Otago Daily Times he would attempt to dispel the apparent public confusion regarding the proposal.
He would address the concerns and issues that had been raised as a result of consultation, he said.
No decision had been made on the location of the centre, he said.
When asked if there would be more community consultation once a decision on the centre had been made, Mr Rousseau said it depended on a variety of issues - whether the board would be the provider of services, who would be in governance, and ownership arrangements.
"I'll cover all of these points in my presentation," he said.
When asked if the level of health services expected by the Wakatipu community and lobbyists were higher than expected elsewhere in the South, Mr Rousseau said he did not think so.
"When I visit Oamaru, Alexandra and Dunstan Hospital and Gore, all of these communities are very demanding of the DHB in terms of services they expect, and rightly so.
"Queenstown's health requirements need to be tailored to the needs of Queenstown, which are different from other rural areas.
"We've been through that with the hospital capacity review, which clearly said that."
Mr Rousseau unveiled the proposed health centre concept in a press conference on March 3. The same day, the concept was presented to the Association of Salaried Medical Specialists and Lakes District Hospital staff for feedback. The board organised its public presentation and question-and-answer session two weeks later.
As part of the bid for feedback, the association and staff were asked whether they had any serious professional or clinical concerns with the question: "Do we bring all the other medical services to the hospital, or do we take the hospital to a centre with all the other services?"
The association and staff had been given until March 18 to respond.
Mr Rousseau said he would attend a closed meeting with the association's executive director, Ian Powell, of Wellington, and delegates from the hospital to address their concerns on Wednesday morning.
When asked how Queenstown residents would be better off, Mr Rousseau said they would have all the existing hospital services and more, and would only have to go to one place to get them.
The board said in its original announcement the proposed centre was part of the "urgent" need to address the financial unsustainability of the Lakes District Hospital.
A 2009 review concluded most who went to the hospital's emergency department could have been safely and effectively treated by GPs.
Of those presenting for emergency treatment, 73% were Queenstown residents.
The board proposed the emergency department refer patients who could be safely and effectively treated by GPs to Wakatipu GPs between 8am and 10pm from July 1.
If the measure was adopted, it could reduce the number of medical staff in the hospital by two full-time officers.
Part of the $500,000 saving delivered by the initiative would be put towards assisting patients who faced financial hardship, the board said on March 3.
When told the association believed emergency department patients could be put at risk if staff numbers were reduced from eight to six, Mr Rousseau said: "That's what we're going to be talking to Ian about [this] Wednesday."
The public meeting will be held in the City Impact Church, 3 Hansen Road, Frankton, at 7.30pm on Wednesday.
