Use of health services by remote dwelling Aboriginal infants in tropical northern Australia: a retrospective cohort study

BMC Pediatrics

Volumn 12, Issue , 2012, Pages

  Bar Zeev, Sarah J ^a   Kruske, Sue G ^b   Barclay, Lesley M ^c   Bar Zeev, Naor H ^d   Carapetis, Jonathan R ^d   Kildea, Sue V ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b CHARLES DARWIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^d MENZIES SCHOOL OF HEALTH RESEARCH   (Australia)

^e MATER MEDICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABORIGINE; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CHILD HEALTH CARE; CHILD HOSPITALIZATION; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; COHORT ANALYSIS; GASTROINTESTINAL SYMPTOM; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HEALTH DISPARITY; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NEWBORN; NEWBORN INTENSIVE CARE; ONSET AGE; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SKIN DISEASE; ETHNOLOGY; HEALTH; HOSPITALIZATION; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; NURSERY; RURAL HEALTH CARE; STATISTICS; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

CHILD HEALTH SERVICES; COHORT STUDIES; HEALTH STATUS DISPARITIES; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; NORTHERN TERRITORY; NURSERIES, HOSPITAL; OCEANIC ANCESTRY GROUP; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RURAL HEALTH; RURAL HEALTH SERVICES;

EID: 84857421543     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712431     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2431-12-19     Document Type: Article

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