Background One third of all Australians live outside of its major cities. Access to health
services and health outcomes are generally poorer in rural and remote areas relative to …

Objective: To describe the factors and processes that facilitate or inhibit implementation,
sustainability and generalisation of effective models of primary health care (PHC) service …

Objective: To highlight how evidence from studies of innovative rural and remote models of
service provision can inform global health system reform in order to develop appropriate …

SUPPLEMENT function, responsibility and funding of the service, and at the same time allow
flexibility. The Primary Health Care Access Program and the Aboriginal Coordinated Care …

Introduction Australians in rural and remote areas experience poorer health status
compared with many metropolitan residents, due partly to inequitable access to primary …

'Introduction': Development of sustainable multidisciplinary services in north-west
Queensland, Australia, is challenged by large distances, culturally diverse communities, a …

This document is the result of collaborative work led by WHO and UNICEF. The work was in
response to a request from the Minister of Health of Kazakhstan, Dr Yelzhan Birtanov, to the …

This paper provides a comprehensive review of the key dimensions of access and their
significance for the provision of primary health care and a framework that assists policy …

Due mainly to increasing difficulties in recruiting and retaining health professionals to work
in remote and peripheral areas of Scotland, there is discussion of the need to implement …

This article presents the result of a literature review examining possible ways to improve
healthcare services in rural areas. While there is abundant literature on making healthcare …