Indigenous health: A role for private general practice

Australian Family Physician

Volumn 40, Issue 1-2, 2011, Pages 16-19

  Johanson, R Paul ^a   Hill, Peter ^b  

^a Majellan Medical Centre   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

Aborigine; Delivery of health care; General practice; Health services; Indigenous

Indexed keywords

ABORIGINE; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; GENERAL PRACTICE; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE DISPARITY; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PHYSICIAN ATTITUDE; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; PRIVATE PRACTICE; SOCIOECONOMICS; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE; GENERAL PRACTICE; GENERAL PRACTITIONERS; HEALTH RESOURCES; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HEALTH SERVICES NEEDS AND DEMAND; HEALTH SERVICES, INDIGENOUS; HEALTHCARE DISPARITIES; HUMANS; OCEANIC ANCESTRY GROUP; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; PHYSICIAN'S ROLE; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; PRIVATE PRACTICE; QUEENSLAND; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 79251499565     PISSN: 03008495     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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