The contribution of geography to disparities in preventable hospitalisations between indigenous and non-indigenous Australians

PLoS ONE

Volumn 9, Issue 5, 2014, Pages

  Harrold, Timothy C ^a   Randall, Deborah A ^a   Falster, Michael O ^a   Lujic, Sanja ^a   Jorm, Louisa R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CHILD; CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; DIABETES MELLITUS; GEOGRAPHY; HEALTH DISPARITY; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INDIGENOUS AUSTRALIAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NON INDIGENOUS AUSTRALIAN; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PREVENTIVE MEDICINE; RHEUMATIC HEART DISEASE; SCHOOL CHILD; SEX; URBAN RURAL DIFFERENCE; VERY ELDERLY; INFANT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEWBORN; POPULATION GROUP; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AUSTRALIA; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; GEOGRAPHY; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT ADMISSION; POPULATION GROUPS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84901437325     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0097892     Document Type: Article

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