"Hospitals respond to demand. Public health needs to respond to risk": health system lessons from a case study of northern Queensland's COVID-19 surveillance and response

• Main Authors: Alexandra Edelman (Author), Tammy Allen (Author), Susan Devine (Author), Paul F. Horwood (Author), Emma S. McBryde (Author), Julie Mudd (Author), Jeffrey Warner (Author), Stephanie M Topp (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: BMC, 2024-01-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Abstract Background The vast region of northern Queensland (NQ) in Australia experiences poorer health outcomes and a disproportionate burden of communicable diseases compared with urban populations in Australia. This study examined the governance of COVID-19 surveillance and response in NQ to ident...