The economic benefits of eliminating Indigenous health inequality in the Northern Territory

Davey, Richard X

doi:10.5694/mja16.01140

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Zhao and colleagues1 quantified the burden of indigenous health inequality in Australia’s Northern Territory. Any physician who has worked in the NT would agree, although the quantum calculated may shock readers.

Shoreham, VIC

Correspondence: richardd18@bigpond.com

Competing interests:

I work for Anyinginyi Health Aboriginal Corporation.

1. Zhao Y, Vemuri SR, Arya D. The economic benefits of eliminating Indigenous health inequality in the Northern Territory. Med J Aust 2016; 205: 266-269. <MJA full text>
2. Gray M, Hunter B, Lohoar S. Increasing Indigenous employment rates. Issues paper no. 3, Closing the Gap Clearinghouse. Canberra: Australian Institute of Health and Welfare, 2012. http://www.aihw.gov.au/uploadedFiles/ClosingTheGap/Content/Publications/2012/ctg-ip03.pdf (accessed Sept 2016).

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