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RURAL HEALTH STATUS: WHAT DO STATISTICS SHOW THAT WE DON’T ALREADY KNOW?
Author(s) -
Humphreys John
Publication year - 1999
Publication title -
australian journal of rural health
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.48
H-Index - 49
eISSN - 1440-1584
pISSN - 1038-5282
DOI - 10.1046/j.1440-1584.1999.00217.x
Subject(s) - residence , metropolitan area , rural health , rural area , environmental health , work (physics) , welfare , geography , medicine , socioeconomics , political science , sociology , demography , mechanical engineering , archaeology , pathology , law , engineering
Arguably the policies and programs designed to bring about improvements in the health status of rural and remote residents have been limited by the absence of systematic statistical data about health status and its relationship with place of residence. The Australian Institute of Health and Welfare addresses this problem in the recent report Health in rural and remote Australia . The report compares the health status, health risk factors and preventative measures, and health resources for rural, remote and urban areas. The data highlights that people in rural and remote areas of Australia have poorer health status than their metropolitan counterparts on several counts. While further work is required, the report provides a useful and important basis for identifying and monitoring the pattern of health status and resource availablility in rural and remote Australia.