Background The Australian Commission on Safety and Quality in Health Care (the
Commission) leads and coordinates national improvements in the safety and quality of …

The Australian Government has recently detailed a plan to improve the long-term quality of
aged care for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander communities. One aspect of this plan …

The health and life expectancy gap between Indigenous and non-Indigenous Australians is
well known. Over 60% of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people live in capital cities or …

Background In its Interim Report of December 2008, the National Health and Hospitals
Reform Commission (NHHRC) made a number of recommendations about the health of …

Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people's health outcomes, life expectancy and access
to health care should be equal to that experienced by other Australians. To address both the …

During 2008, the Council of Australian Governments (COAG) made several large-scale
funding commitments to close the gap in life expectancy between Aboriginal and non …

This special Indigenous health issue of the MJA features stories of successful health care
services and programs for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people. As we seek to build …

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Summary The national Closing the Gap framework commits to reducing persisting
disadvantage in the health of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people in Australia, with …

Objective The aim of the present systematic review was to examine the enablers for effective
health service delivery for Aboriginal Australians. Methods This systematic review was …