Commentary: Closing the health gap for Indigenous Australians--will better counting mean better services and investment in the social production of health? | Zendy

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Commentary: Closing the health gap for Indigenous Australians--will better counting mean better services and investment in the social production of health?

Author(s) -

Ray McDermott

Publication year - 2009

Publication title -

international journal of epidemiology

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 3.406

H-Index - 208

eISSN - 1464-3685

pISSN - 0300-5771

DOI - 10.1093/ije/dyn369

Subject(s) - life expectancy , closing (real estate) , indigenous , investment (military) , health care , economic growth , health policy , development economics , demographic economics , gerontology , political science , medicine , environmental health , economics , population , ecology , politics , law , biology

[Extract] Australia enjoys one of the highest life expectancies and one of the best health care systems in the world. Yet the persistence of huge social, economic, educational and health gaps between the first Australians and the rest belies claims to inclusive social policy and universal access to health care. Where other OECD countries appear to have narrowed their Indigenous health gap over past decades, Australia seems uniquely unable to achieve this, and still reports a 17-year difference in life expectancy

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