Primary health care reform: Equity is the key

Medical Journal of Australia

Volumn 189, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 221-222

  Kidd, Michael R ^a   Watts, Ian T ^a,b   Saltman, Deborah C ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b ROYAL AUSTRALIAN COLLEGE OF GENERAL PRACTITIONERS   (Australia)

^c BRIGHTON AND SUSSEX MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; GOVERNMENT REGULATION; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE DISTRIBUTION; HEALTH CARE FINANCING; HEALTH CARE NEED; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; MEDICALLY UNDERSERVED; PATIENT SAFETY; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE;

EID: 49749137200     PISSN: 0025729X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5694/j.1326-5377.2008.tb01988.x     Document Type: Article

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