Aeromedical evacuations from an east Arnhem Land community 2003-2005: The impact on a primary health care centre

Australian Journal of Rural Health

Volumn 14, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 270-274

  Peiris, David ^a   Wirtanen, Cherryl ^a   Hall, John ^b  

^a Ngalkanbuy Health Centre   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Emergency; Indigenous health; Prehospital care; Remote area nursing; Service delivery to Indigenous population

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AEROSPACE MEDICINE; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CHILD; COMMUNITY; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; GASTROENTERITIS; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HEALTH PROGRAM; HEALTH SERVICE; HOSPITAL; HUMAN; INDIGENOUS PEOPLE; INJURY; INTOXICATION; INTUBATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OBSTETRICS; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; PRIMARY PREVENTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASE; SEASONAL VARIATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AIR AMBULANCES; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DIAGNOSIS-RELATED GROUPS; HEALTH PLANNING; HEALTH SERVICES NEEDS AND DEMAND; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HUMANS; INFANT; MEDICALLY UNDERSERVED AREA; MIDDLE AGED; NORTHERN TERRITORY; OCEANIC ANCESTRY GROUP; PATIENT TRANSFER; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; RURAL HEALTH SERVICES; SEASONS; TIME FACTORS; TRANSPORTATION OF PATIENTS;

EID: 33751096439     PISSN: 10385282     EISSN: 14401584     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1440-1584.2006.00828.x     Document Type: Article

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