Did general practice health assessments of older Australians improve equity?

Australian Health Review

Volumn 32, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 488-493

  Gill, Gerard F ^a,b   Geraghty, Dominic P ^a   FitzGerald, Des G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TASMANIA   (Australia)

^b University Department of Rural Health   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; COHORT ANALYSIS; ECONOMICS; ELDERLY CARE; ETHICS; EVALUATION; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTICE; HEALTH CARE DISPARITY; HEALTH DISPARITY; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HUMAN; INSURANCE; MALE; MASS SCREENING; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PRIVATE PRACTICE; PUBLIC HEALTH; SOCIAL JUSTICE; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AUSTRALIA; COHORT STUDIES; ELIGIBILITY DETERMINATION; FAMILY PRACTICE; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES FOR THE AGED; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HEALTH STATUS DISPARITIES; HEALTHCARE DISPARITIES; HUMANS; INSURANCE CLAIM REVIEW; MALE; MASS SCREENING; NATIONAL HEALTH PROGRAMS; PRIVATE PRACTICE; SOCIAL JUSTICE;

EID: 56849086021     PISSN: 01565788     EISSN: 14498944     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1071/AH080488     Document Type: Article

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