Rural/remote populations are more likely to have:
a. access to support services.
b. better standards of care.
c. more access to general practitioners.
d. greater difficulty accessing basic services.
d
Health services in rural and remote Australia remain
inadequate, stretched and underfunded and there is a wide
spread lack of specialist services. Inaccessible areas, particularly small, remote communities, are likely to have a poorer
health status and poorer standard of care. Rural/remote populations have greater difficulty accessing basic services, including general practitioners.
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