Healthcare expenditure on Indigenous and non-Indigenous Australians at high risk of cardiovascular disease

Healthcare expenditure on Indigenous and non-Indigenous Australians at high risk of cardiovascular disease

Abstract Background In spite of bearing a heavier burden of death, disease and disability, there is mixed evidence as to whether Indigenous Australians utilise more or less healthcare services than other Australians given their elevated risk level. This study analyses the Medicare expenditure and it...

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Main Authors: Blake Angell, Tracey-Lea Laba, Tom Lung, Alex Brown, Sandra Eades, Tim Usherwood, David Peiris, Laurent Billot, Graham Hillis, Ruth Webster, Andrew Tonkin, Christopher Reid, Barbara Molanus, Natasha Rafter, Alan Cass, Anushka Patel, Stephen Jan
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2017-06-01
Series:International Journal for Equity in Health
Subjects:
Healthcare expenditure
Australia
Indigenous health
Chronic disease
Cardiovascular disease
Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s12939-017-0610-2

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