Australian general practitioner uptake of a remunerated Medicare Health Assessment for People with Intellectual Disability

Journal of Intellectual and Developmental Disability

Volumn 37, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 151-154

  Koritsas, Stella ^a   Iacono, Teresa ^b   Davis, Robert ^a  

^a MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b LA TROBE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

health assessment; health inequalities; intellectual disability; primary health care

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; DISABILITY; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HEALTH CARE DISPARITY; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; INTELLECTUAL IMPAIRMENT; MOTIVATION; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PUBLIC HEALTH; REIMBURSEMENT; STATISTICS;

AUSTRALIA; DISABILITY EVALUATION; GENERAL PRACTITIONERS; HEALTH STATUS; HEALTHCARE DISPARITIES; HUMANS; INTELLECTUAL DISABILITY; MOTIVATION; NATIONAL HEALTH PROGRAMS; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; REIMBURSEMENT, INCENTIVE;

EID: 84860778056     PISSN: 13668250     EISSN: 14699532     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/13668250.2012.676636     Document Type: Article

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