Describing and analysing primary health care system support for chronic illness care in Indigenous communities in Australia's Northern Territory - Use of the Chronic Care Model

BMC Health Services Research

Volumn 8, Issue , 2008, Pages

  Si, Damin ^a   Bailie, Ross ^a   Cunningham, Joan ^a   Robinson, Gary ^b   Dowden, Michelle ^a   Stewart, Allison ^a   Connors, Christine ^c   Weeramanthri, Tarun ^c  

^a MENZIES SCHOOL OF HEALTH RESEARCH   (Australia)

^b CHARLES DARWIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c NORTHERN TERRITORY DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CHRONIC DISEASE; COMMUNITY CARE; FOLLOW UP; FUNDING; GOAL ATTAINMENT; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH INSURANCE; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMAN; INDIGENOUS PEOPLE; MEDICAL INFORMATICS; PATIENT EDUCATION; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; PROBLEM IDENTIFICATION; STAFF TRAINING; THEORETICAL MODEL; ABORIGINE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; ECONOMICS; EPIDEMIOLOGY; ETHNOLOGY; HEALTH CENTER; HEALTH SERVICE; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; INFORMATION SYSTEM; INTERVIEW; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; STATISTICS;

AUSTRALIA; CHRONIC DISEASE; COMMUNITY HEALTH CENTERS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HEALTH SERVICES, INDIGENOUS; HUMANS; INFORMATION SYSTEMS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; OCEANIC ANCESTRY GROUP; ORGANIZATIONAL CASE STUDIES; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; PROGRAM EVALUATION; QUALITY INDICATORS, HEALTH CARE;

EID: 46249096047     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14726963     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1472-6963-8-112     Document Type: Article

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