Establishment of an Innovative Specialist Cardiac Indigenous Outreach Service in Rural and Remote Queensland

Heart Lung and Circulation

Volumn 19, Issue 5-6, 2010, Pages 361-366

  Tibby, David ^a   Corpus, Rohan ^a   Walters, Darren L ^a  

^a THE PRINCE CHARLES HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

Community; Outreach service; Remote area

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CAPACITY BUILDING; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CHRONIC DISEASE; COMMUNITY CARE; CONGENITAL HEART DISEASE; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH PROGRAM; HEALTH PROMOTION; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; INDIGENOUS PEOPLE; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RHEUMATIC HEART DISEASE; RURAL AREA; SELF CARE; WELLBEING;

CARDIOLOGY; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; COMMUNITY-INSTITUTIONAL RELATIONS; FEMALE; HEALTH PLANNING; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HEALTH SERVICES, INDIGENOUS; HUMANS; MALE; MEDICALLY UNDERSERVED AREA; NATIONAL HEALTH PROGRAMS; OCEANIC ANCESTRY GROUP; PATIENT CARE TEAM; POPULATION GROUPS; PROGRAM DEVELOPMENT; PROGRAM EVALUATION; QUALITY CONTROL; QUEENSLAND; RURAL HEALTH SERVICES; SPECIALIZATION;

EID: 77953121040     PISSN: 14439506     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.hlc.2010.02.023     Document Type: Article

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