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Does Government subsidy for costs of medical and pharmaceutical services result in higher service utilization by older widowed women in Australia?

Overview of attention for article published in BMC Health Services Research, June 2012
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Title
Does Government subsidy for costs of medical and pharmaceutical services result in higher service utilization by older widowed women in Australia?
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BMC Health Services Research, June 2012
DOI 10.1186/1472-6963-12-179
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Leigh R Tooth, Richard Hockey, Susan Treloar, Christine McClintock, Annette Dobson

Abstract

In Australia, Medicare, the national health insurance system which includes the Medical Benefits Scheme (MBS) and Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme (PBS), provides partial coverage for most medical services and pharmaceuticals. For war widows, the Department of Veterans' Affairs (DVA) covers almost the entire cost of their health care. The objective of this study was to test whether war widows have higher usage of medical services and pharmaceuticals.

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Country Count As %
Unknown 21 100%

Demographic breakdown

Readers by professional status Count As %
Researcher 5 24%
Student > Bachelor 3 14%
Student > Postgraduate 2 10%
Student > Master 2 10%
Student > Ph. D. Student 2 10%
Other 4 19%
Unknown 3 14%
Readers by discipline Count As %
Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutical Science 5 24%
Medicine and Dentistry 4 19%
Nursing and Health Professions 3 14%
Agricultural and Biological Sciences 2 10%
Social Sciences 1 5%
Other 0 0%
Unknown 6 29%
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#18,309,495
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Outputs from BMC Health Services Research
#6,427
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#126,415
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Outputs of similar age from BMC Health Services Research
#90
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