Add to ORKGThis paper reviews data source problems faced by researchers in Australia in investigating a variety of aspects of medical geography. It describes the nature of health care services organization in Australia, and reports on the recent contributions geographers have made to investigating the spatial characteristics of epidemiological phenomena, questions of equity in the provision of and access to health care services, and behavioural analyses of consumer use of health care resources.
BACKGROUND: The geographic distribution of general practitioners (GPs) remains persistently unequal ...
This report compares each of the seven geographical categories of rural, remote and metropolitan Aus...
STUDY OBJECTIVE: Most studies of place effects on health have followed the multilevel analytical app...
The authors present a theoretical discussion related to spatial areas used in Epidemiology, analysin...
Background: This paper analyses the relationship between public perceptions of access to general pra...
Medical geography is well recognized as a sub-discipline within geography. Its traditional focus is ...
This paper briefly describes how health status, access to health care and health outcomes vary by ge...
Health in remote areas is an increasing concern of the Australian government. Building on the approa...
The present thesis presents the broad subject of geographical public health and health services rese...
The application of Geographic Information Systems with health has been relatively slow to develop in...
Summary Introduction: Despite the growing number of studies with a characteristic element of spatia...
A number of small area geographies are used in Australia to investigate primary care relevant outcom...
Poor spatial access to health care remains a key issue for rural populations worldwide. Whilst geogr...
Equitable access to primary health care is a key objective for health policy makers. In Australia, p...
Background: To develop a method to use survey data to establish catchment areas of primary care or P...
BACKGROUND: The geographic distribution of general practitioners (GPs) remains persistently unequal ...
This report compares each of the seven geographical categories of rural, remote and metropolitan Aus...
STUDY OBJECTIVE: Most studies of place effects on health have followed the multilevel analytical app...
The authors present a theoretical discussion related to spatial areas used in Epidemiology, analysin...
Background: This paper analyses the relationship between public perceptions of access to general pra...
Medical geography is well recognized as a sub-discipline within geography. Its traditional focus is ...
This paper briefly describes how health status, access to health care and health outcomes vary by ge...
Health in remote areas is an increasing concern of the Australian government. Building on the approa...
The present thesis presents the broad subject of geographical public health and health services rese...
The application of Geographic Information Systems with health has been relatively slow to develop in...
Summary Introduction: Despite the growing number of studies with a characteristic element of spatia...
A number of small area geographies are used in Australia to investigate primary care relevant outcom...
Poor spatial access to health care remains a key issue for rural populations worldwide. Whilst geogr...
Equitable access to primary health care is a key objective for health policy makers. In Australia, p...
Background: To develop a method to use survey data to establish catchment areas of primary care or P...
BACKGROUND: The geographic distribution of general practitioners (GPs) remains persistently unequal ...
This report compares each of the seven geographical categories of rural, remote and metropolitan Aus...
STUDY OBJECTIVE: Most studies of place effects on health have followed the multilevel analytical app...