What core primary health care services should be available to Australians living in rural and remote communities?

BMC Family Practice

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2014, Pages

  Thomas, Susan L ^a,b   Wakerman, John ^a,b   Humphreys, John S ^b,c  

^a FLINDERS UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

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

^c MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Access; Core services; Equity; Health policy; Health service planning; Primary health care; Remote; Rural

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AUSTRALIA; CHILD; CHILD HEALTH CARE; CONSENSUS DEVELOPMENT; DELPHI STUDY; DENTAL PROCEDURE; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICE; PREVENTIVE HEALTH SERVICE; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; RURAL HEALTH CARE; RURAL POPULATION; STANDARDS;

ADULT; AUSTRALIA; CHILD; CHILD HEALTH SERVICES; DELPHI TECHNIQUE; DENTAL HEALTH SERVICES; HEALTH CARE REFORM; HEALTH PLANNING; HEALTH POLICY; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HEALTH SERVICES NEEDS AND DEMAND; HUMANS; MATERNAL HEALTH SERVICES; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES; PREVENTIVE HEALTH SERVICES; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH SERVICES; RURAL HEALTH SERVICES; RURAL POPULATION;

EID: 84908447533     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712296     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2296-15-143     Document Type: Article

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