Challenges to children's health care in an ageing Australia

Medical Journal of Australia

Volumn 195, Issue 8, 2011, Pages 436-437

  Freed, Gary L ^a,b   Sewell, Jillian R ^c   Spike, Neil A ^a,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^c ROYAL CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^d Victorian Metropolitan Alliance   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGING; AUSTRALIA; CHILD HEALTH CARE; CHRONIC DISEASE; CONTINUING EDUCATION; DEMOGRAPHY; EDITORIAL; GENERAL PRACTICE; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE AVAILABILITY; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE MANPOWER; HEALTH CARE NEED; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HUMAN; LIFE EXPECTANCY; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL SPECIALIST; PATIENT SATISFACTION; POPULATION STRUCTURE; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; RESOURCE MANAGEMENT; SURVIVAL; CHILD; EDUCATION; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; MANPOWER; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE;

AUSTRALIA; CHILD; CHILD HEALTH SERVICES; GENERAL PRACTITIONERS; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HUMANS; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE;

EID: 84555170123     PISSN: 0025729X     EISSN: 13265377     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5694/mja11.11072     Document Type: Editorial

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