Few urban-rural differences in older carer's access to community services

Australian Health Review

Volumn 32, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 684-690

  Lucke, Jayne ^a,b   Russell, Anne ^a   Tooth, Leigh ^a   Lee, Christina ^a   Watson, Melanie ^a   Byrne, Gerard ^a   Wilson, Andrew ^a   Dobson, Annette ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^b NONE   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCESS TO INFORMATION; AGED; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CAREGIVER; COMMUNITY CARE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HOME CARE; HUMAN; RURAL POPULATION; URBAN POPULATION; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

ACCESS TO INFORMATION; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AUSTRALIA; CAREGIVERS; COMMUNITY HEALTH SERVICES; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HOME CARE SERVICES; HUMANS; RURAL POPULATION; URBAN POPULATION;

EID: 58149268097     PISSN: 01565788     EISSN: 14498944     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1071/AH080684     Document Type: Article

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