Socioeconomic disadvantage and use of general practitioners in rural and remote Australia

Gavin Turrell,* Brian F Oldenburg,† Elizabeth Harris,‡ Damien J Jolley,§ Merel L Kimman¶

2 School of Public Health, Queensland University of Technology, Victoria Park Road, Kelvin Grove, QLD 4059
3 South West Sydney Area Health Service, Centre for Health Equity Research, Training and Evaluation, Liverpool, NSW
4 School of Health Sciences, Biostatistics and Epidemiology Unit, Deakin University, Burwood, VIC. g.turrellATqut.edu.au

Correspondence: .g.turrell@qut.edu.au

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