With the release of the 2017 Australia’s Health Tracker by Socio-economic Status1 comes the latest evidence of an unjust health divide in Australia.
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Sharon Brennan-Olsen is supported by a National Health and Medical Research Council of Australia Career Development Fellowship (1107510). We thank Alison Beauchamp, from Deakin University, for her intellectual comment.
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