Adoption, implementation and prioritization of specialist outreach policy in Australia: A national perspective;Adoption, mise en oeuvre et priorisation de la politique de proximité spécialisée en Australie: Un point de vue national

Bulletin of the World Health Organization

Volumn 92, Issue 7, 2014, Pages 512-519

  O'Sullivan, Belinda G ^a   Joyce, Catherine M ^a   McGrail, Matthew R ^a  

^a MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOPTION; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CHRONIC KIDNEY DISEASE; CHRONIC RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASE; DIABETES MELLITUS; FUNDING; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH SERVICE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; NEOPLASM; TRAINING; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH PROMOTION; MANPOWER; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; RURAL HEALTH CARE; SPECIALIZATION; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

AUSTRALIA; HEALTH POLICY; HEALTH PRIORITIES; HEALTH PROMOTION; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HEALTH SERVICES NEEDS AND DEMAND; HUMANS; RURAL HEALTH SERVICES; SPECIALIZATION; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

EID: 84903612628     PISSN: 00429686     EISSN: 15640604     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2471/BLT.13.130385     Document Type: Article

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