Strategies to Improve Indigenous Access for Urban and Regional Populations to Health Services

Heart Lung and Circulation

Volumn 19, Issue 5-6, 2010, Pages 367-371

  Hayman, Noel ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^b QUEENSLAND HEALTH   (Australia)

Author keywords

Aboriginal access to services; Continuous quality improvement; Risk factors in heart disease

Indexed keywords

ABORIGINE; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH PROGRAM; HEALTH SERVICE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; INDIGENOUS PEOPLE; PREVENTIVE HEALTH SERVICE; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STRATEGIC PLANNING; TOTAL QUALITY MANAGEMENT; URBAN POPULATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; COMMUNITY HEALTH PLANNING; DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HEALTH SERVICES NEEDS AND DEMAND; HEALTH SERVICES, INDIGENOUS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NATIONAL HEALTH PROGRAMS; OCEANIC ANCESTRY GROUP; POPULATION GROUPS; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; QUEENSLAND; RISK ASSESSMENT; RURAL POPULATION; URBAN POPULATION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77953120220     PISSN: 14439506     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.hlc.2010.02.014     Document Type: Article

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