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

Fergus W. Gardiner; Alice M. Richardson; Lara Bishop; Abby Harwood; Elli Gardiner; Lauren Gale; Narcissus Teoh; Robyn M. Lucas; Martin Laverty

doi:10.5694/mja2.50277

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

Fergus W. Gardiner^*, Alice M. Richardson, Lara Bishop, Abby Harwood, Elli Gardiner, Lauren Gale, Narcissus Teoh, Robyn M. Lucas, Martin Laverty

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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.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	363-364
Number of pages	2
Journal	Medical Journal of Australia
Volume	211
Issue number	8
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.5694/mja2.50277
Publication status	Published - 1 Oct 2019

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