The comparison of health status and health services utilisation between Indigenous and non-Indigenous infants in Australia

Australian and New Zealand Journal of Public Health

Volumn 34, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 50-56

  Ou, Lixin ^a   Chen, Jack ^a   Hillman, Ken ^a   Eastwood, John ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Health services; Health status; Indigenous infants; Utilisation

Indexed keywords

ABORIGINE; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE DISPARITY; HEALTH SERVICE; HEALTH STATUS; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INFANT; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTHER; NEWBORN; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RISK FACTOR; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AUSTRALIA; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES; HEALTH STATUS; HEALTHCARE DISPARITIES; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; LOGISTIC MODELS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTHERS; OCEANIC ANCESTRY GROUP; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; RISK FACTORS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77649230704     PISSN: 13260200     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1753-6405.2010.00473.x     Document Type: Article

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