Access to primary health care services for Indigenous peoples: A framework synthesis

International Journal for Equity in Health

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2016, Pages 1-9

  Davy, Carol ^a   Harfield, Stephen ^a   McArthur, Alexa ^b   Munn, Zachary ^b   Brown, Alex ^a  

^a SOUTH AUSTRALIAN HEALTH AND MEDICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Aboriginal; First Nation; Indigenous; Maori; Models of service delivery; Primary health care

Indexed keywords

CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK; EDUCATION; ETHNIC GROUP; HEALTH SERVICES; INDIGENOUS POPULATION; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; RACISM; UNEMPLOYMENT;

CULTURAL FACTOR; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE AVAILABILITY; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE NEED; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HELP SEEKING BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; INDIGENOUS HEALTH CARE; INDIGENOUS PEOPLE; MASS COMMUNICATION; PATIENT REFERRAL; POVERTY; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SOCIAL DETERMINANTS OF HEALTH; SOCIAL NORM; SOCIAL STATUS; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; UNEMPLOYMENT; AUSTRALIA; ECONOMICS; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; MALE; OCEANIC ANCESTRY GROUP; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; TRAFFIC AND TRANSPORT;

AUSTRALIA; CULTURAL CHARACTERISTICS; FEMALE; FINANCING, PERSONAL; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HEALTH SERVICES, INDIGENOUS; HUMANS; MALE; OCEANIC ANCESTRY GROUP; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; SOCIAL DETERMINANTS OF HEALTH; TRANSPORTATION;

EID: 84990830646     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14759276     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s12939-016-0450-5     Document Type: Review

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