Characteristics of Indigenous primary health care service delivery models: A systematic scoping review

Globalization and Health

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2018, Pages

  Harfield, Stephen G ^a,b,d   Davy, Carol ^a,b   McArthur, Alexa ^c   Munn, Zachary ^c   Brown, Alex ^a,d   Brown, Ngiare ^a,e  

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

^b UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^e UNIVERSITY OF WOLLONGONG   (Australia)

Author keywords

Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander; American Indian and Alaska Native; Indigenous; Models of care; Primary health care; Service delivery

Indexed keywords

CULTURE; HEALTH SERVICES; HEALTH STATUS; INDIGENOUS POPULATION; SERVICE QUALITY;

ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; COMMUNITY PARTICIPATION; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; DATA EXTRACTION; EMPOWERMENT; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE AVAILABILITY; HEALTH EQUITY; HUMAN; INDIGENOUS HEALTH CARE; INDIGENOUS PEOPLE; LITERATURE; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGRAM EVALUATION; REVIEW; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; TOTAL QUALITY MANAGEMENT; WORK ENGAGEMENT; NONBIOLOGICAL MODEL; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT;

HEALTH SERVICES, INDIGENOUS; HUMANS; MODELS, ORGANIZATIONAL; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE;

EID: 85041004811     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17448603     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s12992-018-0332-2     Document Type: Review

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