title: Rating access to health care : are there differences according to geographical region?
creator: Hausdorf, Katrin
creator: Rogers, Carla M.
creator: Whiteman, David C.
creator: Newman, Beth M.
creator: Coxeter, Peter D.
creator: Youl, Philippa H.
creator: Aitken, Joanne F.
subject: 111799 Public Health and Health Services not elsewhere classified
subject: 111706 Epidemiology
subject: 111708 Health and Community Services
subject: Health services accessibility
subject: Healthcare disparities
subject: Rural health services
subject: Geography
description: Objective: To report on satisfaction with access to health care in Queensland focussing on regional differences.-----    Methods: A sub-sample of 4440 respondents with no history of cancer from the Queensland Cancer Risk Study who completed a self-administered questionnaire was used for this study.-----    Main outcome measures: Perceptions of overall difficulty gaining access to health care and ratings of access to various health care services by region.-----    Results: Queenslanders living outside major cities reported less satisfaction with access to various aspects of health care services. Age was associated with more favourable ratings of health care access.-----    Conclusions: Despite public health efforts to increase service provision throughout Queensland, health care access is still rated relatively less favourably by Queenslanders in regional and remote parts of the state.-----    Implications: Identifying which services are difficult to access and why will assist public health policy makers in improving health service accessibility.
publisher: Wiley-Blackwell Publishing Asia
date: 2008-06
type: Journal Article
relation: DOI:10.1111/j.1753-6405.2008.00223.x
relation:    Hausdorf, Katrin, Rogers, Carla M., Whiteman, David C., Newman, Beth M., Coxeter, Peter D., Youl, Philippa H.,  & Aitken, Joanne F.   (2008)    Rating access to health care : are there differences according to geographical region?  Australian and New Zealand Journal of Public Health, 32(3), pp. 246-249.    
identifier: https://eprints.qut.edu.au/18553/
source: Faculty of Health; Institute of Health and Biomedical Innovation