Experiences and impacts of out-of-pocket healthcare expenditure on remote Aboriginal families

• Main Authors: Courtney Ryder (Author), Shane D'Angelo (Author), Patrick Sharpe (Author), Tamara Mackean (Author), Nayia Cominos (Author), Julieann Coombes (Author), Keziah Bennett-Brook (Author), Darryl Cameron (Author), Emily Gloede (Author), Shahid Ullah (Author), Jacqueline Stephens (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: James Cook University, 2024-04-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Introduction: Aboriginal Australians face significant health disparities, with hospitalisation rates 2.3 times greater, and longer hospital length of stay, than non-Indigenous Australians. This additional burden impacts families further through out-of-pocket healthcare expenditure (OOPHE), which inc...