Socioeconomic disadvantage and use of general practitioners in rural and remote Australia

Medical Journal of Australia

Volumn 179, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 325-326

  Turrell, Gavin ^a   Oldenburg, Brian F ^a   Haris, Elizabeth ^b   Jolley, Damien J ^c   Kimman, Merel L ^a  

^a QUEENSLAND UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Australia)

^b SYDNEY SOUTH WEST AREA HEALTH SERVICE   (Australia)

^c DEAKIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AUSTRALIA; CONSULTATION; EMERGENCY WARD; GENERAL PRACTICE; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; LETTER; MEDICARE; POPULATION RESEARCH; RURAL AREA; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 0141818154     PISSN: 0025729X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5694/j.1326-5377.2003.tb05561.x     Document Type: Letter

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