Emergency department presentations of Victorian Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people

Health Information Management Journal

Volumn 37, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 15-25

  Costa, Nadia ^a   Sullivan, Mary ^b   Walker, Rae ^a   Robinson, Kerin M ^a  

^a LA TROBE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b Department of Human Services Victoria ^*  (Australia)

Author keywords

Aborigines, Australian; Emergency service; Hospital; Hospitals, rural; Hospitals, urban

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AUSTRALIA; CHILD; COMPARATIVE STUDY; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; FEMALE; HOSPITAL; HUMAN; INFANT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEWBORN; OCEANIC ANCESTRY GROUP; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PUBLIC HOSPITAL; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; FEMALE; HOSPITALS, PUBLIC; HOSPITALS, RURAL; HOSPITALS, URBAN; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OCEANIC ANCESTRY GROUP; VICTORIA; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 55349106756     PISSN: 18333583     EISSN: 18333575     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/183335830803700303     Document Type: Review

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