Private health insurance and regional Australia

Medical Journal of Australia

Volumn 182, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 290-293

  Lokuge, Buddhima ^a   Denniss, Richard ^b   Faunce, Thomas A ^a  

^a AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b NATIONAL HEALTH AND MEDICAL RESEARCH COUNCIL   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; DATA ANALYSIS; GOVERNMENT; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE DISTRIBUTION; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HEALTH CARE FINANCING; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HEALTH ECONOMICS; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HOSPITAL SERVICE; HUMAN; MEDICARE; PRIVATE HEALTH INSURANCE; PRIVATE HOSPITAL; PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE; RESOURCE ALLOCATION; RURAL POPULATION;

EID: 15844369772     PISSN: 0025729X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5694/j.1326-5377.2005.tb06704.x     Document Type: Article

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