Community health workers as chronic care coordinators: Evaluation of an Australian Indigenous primary health care program

Australian and New Zealand Journal of Public Health

Volumn 40, Issue , 2016, Pages S107-S114

  Schmidt, Barbara ^a,b   Campbell, Sandra ^a   McDermott, Robyn ^a,b  

^a JAMES COOK UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

chronic care coordination; diabetes; Indigenous Health Workers; primary health care

Indexed keywords

AUSTRALIA; HEALTH AUXILIARY; HUMAN; INDIGENOUS HEALTH CARE; LONG TERM CARE; MANPOWER; OCEANIC ANCESTRY GROUP; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; PROGRAM EVALUATION; QUEENSLAND; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); RURAL HEALTH CARE;

AUSTRALIA; COMMUNITY HEALTH WORKERS; HEALTH SERVICES, INDIGENOUS; HUMANS; LONG-TERM CARE; OCEANIC ANCESTRY GROUP; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; PROGRAM EVALUATION; QUEENSLAND; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC; RURAL HEALTH SERVICES;

EID: 84948178320     PISSN: 13260200     EISSN: 17536405     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1753-6405.12480     Document Type: Article

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