Equity of access to primary healthcare for vulnerable populations: The IMPACT international online survey of innovations

International Journal for Equity in Health

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2016, Pages

  Richard, Lauralie ^a   Furler, John ^a   Densley, Konstancja ^a   Haggerty, Jeannie ^b   Russell, Grant ^c   Levesque, Jean Frederic ^d,e   Gunn, Jane ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^b ST MARY S HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^c MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^d Bureau of Health Information   (Australia)

^e UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

Author keywords

Access; Environmental scan; Innovations; Online survey; Primary healthcare; Vulnerable populations

Indexed keywords

ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; EQUITY; HEALTH POLICY; HEALTH SERVICES; HEALTH SURVEY; INNOVATION; INTERNATIONAL AID; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; PUBLIC ACCESS; RESEARCH PROGRAM; SOCIAL MEDIA; STAKEHOLDER; VULNERABILITY;

ARTICLE; FUNDING; GENERAL PRACTICE; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE AVAILABILITY; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE DISPARITY; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; VULNERABLE POPULATION; HEALTH EQUITY; INVENTION; ORGANIZATION; QUESTIONNAIRE; STANDARDS; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; TRENDS; UTILIZATION;

AUSTRALIA; CANADA;

HEALTH EQUITY; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HUMANS; INVENTIONS; ORGANIZATIONAL INNOVATION; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; SURVEYS AND QUESTIONNAIRES; VULNERABLE POPULATIONS;

EID: 84963878466     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14759276     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s12939-016-0351-7     Document Type: Article

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