Collegian
Volume 17, Issue 2 , Pages 57-61 , July 2010

Uptake of Medicare chronic disease items in Australia by general practice nurses and Aboriginal health workers

  • Elizabeth J. Halcomb, RN, BN(Hons), PhD, FRCNA

      Affiliations

    • Family & Community Health Research Group & School of Nursing and Midwifery, University of Western Sydney, Sydney, Australia
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author at: University of Western Sydney, Family & Community Health Research Group, Building 17, Campbelltown Campus, Locked Bag 1797, Penrith South DC, NSW 1797, Australia. Tel.: +61 2 4620 3344; fax: +61 2 4620 3199.
    • ,
  • Patricia M. Davidson, RN, BA Med, PhD, FRCNA

      Affiliations

    • Cardiovascular Nursing Research, St Vincents & Mater Health, Curtin Health Innovation Research Institute, Curtin University, Australia
    • ,
  • Nicola Brown, RN, GradDipChildHealth, MN

      Affiliations

    • Faculty of Nursing, Midwifery and Health, University of Technology, Sydney, Australia
    • Tel.: +61 2 9514 4915; fax: +61 2 9514 4835.

Received 23 April 2010 ,Accepted 26 April 2010.

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PII: S1322-7696(10)00029-6

doi: 10.1016/j.colegn.2010.04.010

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