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THE EFFECT OF AN ABORIGINAL MEDICAL SERVICE ON ADMISSIONS OF CHILDREN TO HOSPITAL IN A N.S.W. COUNTRY TOWN
Author(s) -
Copeman Richard
Publication year - 1980
Publication title -
medical journal of australia
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.904
H-Index - 131
eISSN - 1326-5377
pISSN - 0025-729X
DOI - 10.5694/j.1326-5377.1980.tb135258.x
Subject(s) - service (business) , medicine , family medicine , pediatrics , demography , business , sociology , marketing
Since 1976 there has been a 33% decrease in the number of Aboriginal children admitted to hospital in Kempsey, N.S.W. The number of “bed‐days” due to Aboriginal child admissions has decreased by 46%. The most likely cause of this decrease is the establishment in 1977 of a medical service in Kempsey, which is run by Aboriginal people for Aboriginal people.