A multilevel analysis on the relationship between neighbourhood poverty and public hospital utilization: is the high Indigenous morbidity avoidable?
Background: The estimated life expectancy at birth for Indigenous Australians is 10-11 years less than the general Australian population. The mean family income for Indigenous people is also significantly lower than for non-Indigenous people. In this paper we examine poverty or socioeconomic disadva...
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| Format: | Journal Article |
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BioMed Central Ltd
2011
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| Online Access: | http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/45147 |