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Research Letter - Health care for older people in rural and remote Australia: challenges for service provision

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2019-07-18

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Gardiner, Fergus
Richardson, Alice
Bishop, Lara
Harwood, Abby
Gardiner, Elli
Gale, Lauren
Teoh, Narcissus
Lucas, Robyn
Laverty, Martin

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Australasian Medical Publishing Company Ltd

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Many Australians living in rural and remote areas of Australia need to travel hundreds of kilometres for health care service, or to wait for health service providers, such as the Royal Flying Doctor Service (RFDS), to visit them. The levels of acute and subacute hospital services in rural and remote areas are reported to be inadequate,1 as is, to a lesser extent, access to aged care services.2 The need to travel long distances is a major barrier for people in remote locations, particularly older people, seeking health care.

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http://hdl.handle.net/1885/200958

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ANU Research Publications

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Medical Journal of Australia

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10.5694/mja2.50277

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2037-12-31

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