Strengthening primary health care: Achieving health gains in a remote region of Australia

Medical Journal of Australia

Volumn 202, Issue 9, 2015, Pages 483-488

  Reeve, Carole ^a,b   Humphreys, John ^c   Wakerman, John ^d   Carter, Maureen ^e   Carroll, Vicki ^a   Reeve, David ^a  

^a Kimberley Population Health Unit   (Australia)

^b Centre for Remote Health   (Australia)

^c MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^d FLINDERS UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^e Nindilingarri Cultural Health Services   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; COMMUNITY CARE; CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; ELECTRONIC MEDICAL RECORD; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH PROMOTION; HEALTH STATUS; HEALTH STATUS INDICATOR; HUMAN; MALE; MORTALITY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT CARE; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; PUBLIC HEALTH; QUALITY OF LIFE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK FACTOR; COOPERATION; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; INDIGENOUS HEALTH CARE; OCEANIC ANCESTRY GROUP; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; RURAL HEALTH CARE; UTILIZATION;

AUSTRALIA; COMMUNITY HEALTH SERVICES; COOPERATIVE BEHAVIOR; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; HEALTH PROMOTION; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HEALTH SERVICES, INDIGENOUS; HUMANS; OCEANIC ANCESTRY GROUP; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RURAL HEALTH SERVICES;

EID: 84929430325     PISSN: 0025729X     EISSN: 13265377     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5694/mja14.00894     Document Type: Article

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