Trauma care in the tropics: addressing gaps in treating injury in rural and remote Australia

• Main Authors: Geoffrey Dobson (Author), Clinton Gibbs (Author), Lee Poole (Author), Ben Butson (Author), Luke Lawton (Author), Jodie Morris (Author), Hayley Letson (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: James Cook University, 2022-01-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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In Australia, over half a million people are admitted to hospital every year as a result of injury, and where you live matters. Rural populations have disproportionately higher injury hospitalisation rates (1.5-2.5-fold), higher rates of preventable secondary complications, higher mortality rates (u...