Journal article
Primary health care utilisation and delivery in remote Australian clinics during the COVID-19 pandemic
S Mathew, MS Fitts, Z Liddle, L Bourke, N Campbell, L Murakami-Gold, DJ Russell, JS Humphreys, B Rossingh, Y Zhao, MP Jones, J Boffa, M Ramjan, A Tangey, R Schultz, E Mulholland, J Wakerman
BMC Primary Care | BMC | Published : 2024
Abstract
Introduction: The COVID-19 pandemic period (2020 to 2022) challenged and overstretched the capacity of primary health care services to deliver health care globally. The sector faced a highly uncertain and dynamic period that encompassed anticipation of a new, unknown, lethal and highly transmissible infection, the introduction of various travel restrictions, health workforce shortages, new government funding announcements and various policies to restrict the spread of the COVID-19 virus, then vaccination and treatments. This qualitative study aims to document and explore how the pandemic affected primary health care utilisation and delivery in remote and regional Aboriginal and Torres Strait..
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Awarded by Australian Research Council's Discovery funding scheme
Funding Acknowledgements
The study received funding from the Australian Research Council's Discovery funding scheme (project number DP190100328) and the Medical Research Future Fund through the NHMRC and Central Australian Academic Health Science Network. The information and opinions contained in the study do not necessarily reflect the views or policy of the Commonwealth of Australia (or the Department of Health).