Indigenous health and community services employment in remote Northern Territory: A baseline examination of 2006 and 2001 Census data

Australian Journal of Rural Health

Volumn 19, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 255-258

  Carson, Dean ^a,b   McConnel, Fred ^a  

^a FLINDERS UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b CHARLES DARWIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Indigenous health; Professional mobility; Professional pathway; Remote health education

Indexed keywords

ABORIGINE; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; COMMUNITY CARE; EMPLOYMENT; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; MANPOWER; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; STATISTICS; TOTAL QUALITY MANAGEMENT;

COMMUNITY HEALTH SERVICES; EFFICIENCY, ORGANIZATIONAL; EMPLOYMENT; HEALTH SERVICES NEEDS AND DEMAND; HEALTH SERVICES, INDIGENOUS; HUMANS; MEDICALLY UNDERSERVED AREA; NORTHERN TERRITORY; OCEANIC ANCESTRY GROUP; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; QUALITY IMPROVEMENT; STAFF DEVELOPMENT;

EID: 80053108040     PISSN: 10385282     EISSN: 14401584     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1440-1584.2011.01220.x     Document Type: Article

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