The index of rural access: an innovative integrated approach for measuring primary care access
Open Access
- 23 July 2009
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Springer Nature in BMC Health Services Research
- Vol. 9 (1) , 124
- https://doi.org/10.1186/1472-6963-9-124
Abstract
The problem of access to health care is of growing concern for rural and remote populations. Many Australian rural health funding programs currently use simplistic rurality or remoteness classifications as proxy measures of access. This paper outlines the development of an alternative method for the measurement of access to primary care, based on combining the three key access elements of spatial accessibility (availability and proximity), population health needs and mobility.This publication has 50 references indexed in Scilit:
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