Community-based asylum seekers' use of primary health care services in Melbourne

Medical Journal of Australia

Volumn 188, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 344-348

  Correa Velez, Ignacio ^a   Johnston, Vanessa ^b   Kirk, Joanne ^c   Ferdinand, Angeline ^a  

^a LA TROBE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b MENZIES SCHOOL OF HEALTH RESEARCH   (Australia)

^c The Asylum Seeker Resource Centre   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CHILD; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HELP SEEKING BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL AUDIT; MEDICARE; MENTAL DISEASE; MUSCULOSKELETAL DISEASE; NEWBORN; PATIENT REFERRAL; PRESCRIPTION; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; REFUGEE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SOCIAL PROBLEM; MIDDLE AGED; PRESCHOOL CHILD; STATISTICS; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; MEDICAL AUDIT; MIDDLE AGED; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; REFERRAL AND CONSULTATION; REFUGEES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; VICTORIA;

EID: 44049104191     PISSN: 0025729X     EISSN: 13265377     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5694/j.1326-5377.2008.tb01651.x     Document Type: Article

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