Geographical challenges and inequity of healthcare access for high-risk paediatric heart disease
Abstract Background Geographical context is an important consideration for health system design to promote equality in access to care for patients with childhood heart disease (CHD), particularly those living in regional, rural, and remote areas. To help inform future policy and practice recommendat...
Main Authors: | Benjamin C. Auld, Bridget Abell, Prem S. Venugopal, Steven McPhail |
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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BMC
2023-11-01
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Series: | International Journal for Equity in Health |
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Online Access: | https://doi.org/10.1186/s12939-023-02040-z |
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