Aeromedical retrievals for gastrointestinal disorders in rural and remote Australia: the need for improved access to specialist advice.
gastrointestinal
general medicine
rural health services
Journal
Internal medicine journal
ISSN: 1445-5994
Titre abrégé: Intern Med J
Pays: Australia
ID NLM: 101092952
Informations de publication
Date de publication:
05 2020
05 2020
Historique:
received:
15
07
2019
revised:
17
09
2019
accepted:
15
10
2019
entrez:
21
5
2020
pubmed:
21
5
2020
medline:
28
4
2021
Statut:
ppublish
Résumé
The Royal Flying Doctor Service (RFDS) provides medical care to populations without access to traditional health-care services. From 2014 to 2018 the RFDS conducted 6007 (≈1201/year) aeromedical retrievals for gastrointestinal (GI) disorders. More detailed research is needed to determine specific GI disorders that contributed to this caseload, and in particular inform whether the establishment of a GI specialist service is justified.
Types de publication
Journal Article
Langues
eng
Sous-ensembles de citation
IM
Pagination
619-623Informations de copyright
© 2020 Royal Australasian College of Physicians.
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