Health inequity in the Northern Territory, Australia

International Journal for Equity in Health

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2013, Pages

  Zhao, Yuejen ^a,c   You, Jiqiong ^a,c   Wright, Jo ^a,d   Guthridge, Steven L ^a,c   Lee, Andy H ^b  

^a NORTHERN TERRITORY DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH   (Australia)

^b CURTIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH   (Australia)

^d Department of Health   (Australia)

Author keywords

Indigenous health services; Morbidity; Mortality; Poverty; Socioeconomic factors

Indexed keywords

EQUITY; HEALTH SERVICES; HOSPITAL SECTOR; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; POVERTY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SEX RATIO; SOCIOECONOMIC STATUS;

ADULT; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HEALTH DISPARITY; HUMAN; INDIGENOUS PEOPLE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORBIDITY; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; POVERTY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC HOSPITAL; RESIDENTIAL AREA; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIAL STATUS;

AUSTRALIA; NORTHERN TERRITORY;

HEALTH SERVICES, INDIGENOUS; HEALTH STATUS DISPARITIES; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; NORTHERN TERRITORY; OCEANIC ANCESTRY GROUP; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 84883726417     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14759276     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1475-9276-12-79     Document Type: Article

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