Primary medical care workforce enumeration in rural and remote areas of Australia: Time for a new approach?

Australian Journal of Rural Health

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 24-28

  Pegram, Robert W ^a,d   Humphreys, John S ^b   Calcino, Gordon ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

^b MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c HI Connections Pty Ltd   (Australia)

^d Central Northern Adelaide Health Service   (Australia)

Author keywords

General practitioner; Medical workforce; Primary care; Rural

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CLINICAL PRACTICE; COMMUNITY CARE; DATA BASE; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HEALTH CARE MANPOWER; HEALTH CARE NEED; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HUMAN; NONBIOLOGICAL MODEL; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RURAL AREA; RURAL HEALTH CARE;

AUSTRALIA; DATABASES, FACTUAL; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HUMANS; MODELS, THEORETICAL; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; REGIONAL HEALTH PLANNING; RURAL HEALTH SERVICES;

EID: 33644848495     PISSN: 10385282     EISSN: 14401584     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1440-1584.2006.00751.x     Document Type: Article

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