Pragmatic indicators for remote Aboriginal maternal and infant health care: Why it matters and where to start

Australian and New Zealand Journal of Public Health

Volumn 34, Issue SUPPL, 2010, Pages

  Steenkamp, Malinda ^a   Bar Zeev, Sarah ^a   Rumbold, Alice ^b   Barclay, Lesley ^a   Kildea, Sue ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

^c AUSTRALIAN CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Aboriginal health; Health service performance; Infant health; Maternal health; Quality measures; Remote health

Indexed keywords

ABORIGINE; AUSTRALIA; CHILD; CHILD HEALTH CARE; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; INFANT; INFANT WELFARE; MATERNAL WELFARE; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT CARE; PREGNANCY; REVIEW; RURAL POPULATION; STANDARD;

CHILD; CHILD HEALTH SERVICES; CONTINUITY OF PATIENT CARE; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES, INDIGENOUS; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT WELFARE; MATERNAL HEALTH SERVICES; MATERNAL WELFARE; NORTHERN TERRITORY; OCEANIC ANCESTRY GROUP; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PREGNANCY; QUALITY INDICATORS, HEALTH CARE; RURAL POPULATION;

EID: 77956641057     PISSN: 13260200     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1753-6405.2010.00545.x     Document Type: Article

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