
%0 Journal Article
%A Heard, Sam 
%T Access to rural general practice and primary care: Time now for more equitable and sustainable solutions?
%J Australian Journal of Primary Health
%D 2004/12/01
%V 10
%N 3
%P 160-161
%K 
%R https://doi.org/10.1071/PY04062
%U https://www.publish.csiro.au/paper/PY04062 
%X Australia has the resources to provide reasonable primary medical and health care to all of its population. It is a particularly worthwhile expense, with positive social and biophysical outcomes (Jarman et al., 1999; Starfield, 1998). In many aspects of health care, primary care provides most of the benefit and almost all of the value. Why, then, don?t we provide this basic service to all Australians? 
