What primary health care services should residents of rural and remote Australia be able to access? A systematic review of "core" primary health care services

BMC Health Services Research

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2013, Pages

  Carey, Timothy A ^a,b,c   Wakerman, John ^a,b   Humphreys, John S ^b,d   Buykx, Penny ^b,d   Lindeman, Melissa ^a,b  

^a FLINDERS UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b Centre of Research Excellence in Rural and Remote Primary Health Care   (Australia)

^c Central Australian Mental Health Service   (Australia)

^d MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Access; Core services; Equity; Primary health care; Rural and remote

Indexed keywords

AUSTRALIA; EVIDENCE BASED PRACTICE; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HUMAN; METHODOLOGY; ORGANIZATION; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; REVIEW; RURAL HEALTH CARE; STANDARD; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

AUSTRALIA; EVIDENCE-BASED PRACTICE; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HUMANS; ORGANIZATIONAL OBJECTIVES; OUTCOME AND PROCESS ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; RURAL HEALTH SERVICES;

EID: 84877819399     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14726963     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1472-6963-13-178     Document Type: Review

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