Ninety responses had been received by the Otago and Southland district health boards on the controversial "Bridging the Gap" proposal when submissions closed this week.
The consultation paper, which went out in December, asked people to consider whether public hospital patients should have the option of paying for unfunded treatments delivered in the public setting.
The consultation was prompted by concerns from oncologists, who were concerned public patients, who could benefit from extra unfunded treatments and were prepared to pay, were having to go to Christchurch, Palmerston North or Auckland to receive treatments in private centres.
Last week, it was revealed some patients in Dunedin Hospital had received privately funded drugs in the evenings with the sanction of management.
The boards are expected to consider a report on the submissions in March and it has been suggested a pilot could follow if the boards favour the idea.
The idea drew criticism from representatives of the New Zealand Nurses Organisation and the Association of Salaried Medical Specialists.
At this stage, it is not known how many submissions are for or against the proposal.
