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| Title |
The index of rural access: an innovative integrated approach for measuring primary care access
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|---|---|
| Published in |
BMC Health Services Research, July 2009
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| DOI | 10.1186/1472-6963-9-124 |
| Pubmed ID | |
| Authors |
Matthew R McGrail, John S Humphreys |
| 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. |
Mendeley readers
The data shown below were compiled from readership statistics for 179 Mendeley readers of this research output. Click here to see the associated Mendeley record.
Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Germany | 2 | 1% |
| Portugal | 1 | <1% |
| Australia | 1 | <1% |
| Belgium | 1 | <1% |
| Spain | 1 | <1% |
| Japan | 1 | <1% |
| Poland | 1 | <1% |
| Unknown | 171 | 96% |
Demographic breakdown
| Readers by professional status | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Researcher | 34 | 19% |
| Student > Ph. D. Student | 30 | 17% |
| Student > Master | 26 | 15% |
| Other | 11 | 6% |
| Student > Doctoral Student | 10 | 6% |
| Other | 37 | 21% |
| Unknown | 31 | 17% |
| Readers by discipline | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Medicine and Dentistry | 42 | 23% |
| Social Sciences | 33 | 18% |
| Nursing and Health Professions | 12 | 7% |
| Engineering | 12 | 7% |
| Economics, Econometrics and Finance | 8 | 4% |
| Other | 29 | 16% |
| Unknown | 43 | 24% |