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

Fergus W Gardiner^{1

2

3}, Alice M Richardson², Lara Bishop^{1

2}, Abby Harwood⁴, Elli Gardiner¹, Lauren Gale¹, Narcissus Teoh³, Robyn M Lucas², Martin Laverty¹

Affiliations

¹ Royal Flying Doctor Service of Australia, Canberra, ACT.
² National Centre for Epidemiology and Population Health, Research School of Population Health, Australian National University, Canberra, ACT.
³ College of Health and Medicine, Australian National University, Canberra, ACT.
⁴ Royal Flying Doctor Service, Queensland Section, Cairns, QLD.

Fergus W Gardiner et al. Med J Aust. 2019 Oct.

. 2019 Oct;211(8):363-364.

doi: 10.5694/mja2.50277. Epub 2019 Jul 18.

Fergus W Gardiner^{1

2

3}, Alice M Richardson², Lara Bishop^{1

2}, Abby Harwood⁴, Elli Gardiner¹, Lauren Gale¹, Narcissus Teoh³, Robyn M Lucas², Martin Laverty¹

¹ Royal Flying Doctor Service of Australia, Canberra, ACT.
² National Centre for Epidemiology and Population Health, Research School of Population Health, Australian National University, Canberra, ACT.
³ College of Health and Medicine, Australian National University, Canberra, ACT.
⁴ Royal Flying Doctor Service, Queensland Section, Cairns, QLD.

No abstract available

Keywords: Epidemiology; Geriatrics; Retrieval medicine; Rural health services.

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