Use, access to, and impact of Medicare services for Australian women: Findings from the Australian Longitudinal Study on Women’s Health

This report uses data from the Australian Longitudinal Study on Women’s Health to understand how women access and use the Medicare system.

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Keywords: access, adult women, cultural determinants of health, education, families, financial literacy, funding, gender, gender equality, gender equity, government and policy, health care, health conditions, health equity, health literacy, health services, health systems, medical care, metropolitan, national, older women, policy, primary health care, public health, regional, remote, rural, social determinants of health, young women

Author(s): Julie Byles, Gita Mishra, Richard Hockey, Akilew Adane, Hsiu-Wen Chan, Xenia Dolja-Gore, Peta Forder, Melissa Harris, Tazeen Majeed, Deborah Loxton, Leigh Tooth
Organisation: Australian Longitudinal Study on Women's Health
Year Published: 2017
Language: English

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