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Social exclusion, deprivation and child health: a spatial analysis of ambulatory care sensitive conditions in children aged 0-4 years in Victoria, Australia

Date

Authors

Butler, Danielle

Thurecht, Linc

Brown, Laurie

Konings, Paul

Publisher

Elsevier

Abstract

Recent Australian policy initiatives regarding primary health care focus on planning services around community needs and delivering these at the local area. As in many other countries, there has also been a growing concern over social inequities in health

Keywords

Keywords: child health; geographical variation; health care; health policy; health services; hospital sector; social exclusion; spatial analysis; ambulatory care; article; Australia; child; child care; child health; Child Social Exclusion index; comparative study; Ambulatory care sensitive conditions; Disadvantage; Geographic variation; Primary health care; Social exclusion; Victoria (Australia)

URI

http://hdl.handle.net/1885/20994

Collections

ANU Research Publications

Source

Social Science and Medicine

Type

Journal article

DOI

10.1016/j.socscimed.2013.06.029

Restricted until

2037-12-31

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