Better health outcomes at lower costs: The benefits of primary care utilisation for chronic disease management in remote Indigenous communities in Australia's Northern Territory

BMC Health Services Research

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2014, Pages

  Zhao, Yuejen ^a,b,c   Thomas, Susan L ^b,c   Guthridge, Steven L ^a,b,c   Wakerman, John ^b,d  

^a Department of Health Health Gains Planning ^*  (Australia)

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

^c CHARLES DARWIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^d FLINDERS UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Australia; Chronic disease; Cost effectiveness; Hospitalisation; Indigenous; Mortality; Northern Territory; Primary care; Remote; YLL

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHRONIC DISEASE; COHORT ANALYSIS; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; DISEASE MANAGEMENT; ECONOMICS; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INDIGENOUS HEALTH CARE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NORTHERN TERRITORY; OCEANIC ANCESTRY GROUP; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UTILIZATION; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHRONIC DISEASE; COHORT STUDIES; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; DISEASE MANAGEMENT; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES, INDIGENOUS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NORTHERN TERRITORY; OCEANIC ANCESTRY GROUP; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84907968623     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14726963     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1472-6963-14-463     Document Type: Article

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