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View article: Medicare and Priority Populations: Structural and Place‐based Considerations for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peoples and LGBTIQ+ Australians
Medicare and Priority Populations: Structural and Place‐based Considerations for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peoples and LGBTIQ+ Australians Open
The past 40 years of Medicare have seen effective policy for reducing income‐related inequities in healthcare use. In this article, we describe how past and current Medicare policies have shaped, and continue to shape, healthcare access fo…
View article: P48 Clinical update: ivermectin access for scabies improved through the pharmaceutical benefits scheme change in Australia
P48 Clinical update: ivermectin access for scabies improved through the pharmaceutical benefits scheme change in Australia Open
Scabies is estimated to affect 455 million people worldwide and is a neglected tropical disease that is endemic in northern Australia. Indigenous communities in northern Australia are reported to have some of the highest rates of scabies i…
View article: Protocol for a feasibility study of an Indigenous Medication Review Service (IMeRSe) in Australia
Protocol for a feasibility study of an Indigenous Medication Review Service (IMeRSe) in Australia Open
Introduction The age-adjusted rate of potentially preventable hospitalisations for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people is almost five times the rate of other Australians. Quality use of medicines has an important role in alleviati…