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Primary care access vital for better health outcomes in remote Australia
More detailsMental Health in the Bush: Access a fifth the rate of city
RFDS research published by the Medical Journal of Australia, reveals more about mental health in the bush and access to mental health services.
RFDS and Hearing Australia Trial
A research paper entitled “Evaluation of the Royal Flying Doctor service and Australian Hearing Hearing Screening Trial” has been released.
Service Planning and Operational Tool
As an Australian first, the RFDS use a Service Planning and Operational Tool called ‘SPOT’. SPOT is a custom made software, developed to assist the RFDS in planning where services should be located, relative to need. This is done by mapping existing services and overlaying these with population data
Looking Ahead Research Paper
The Royal Flying Doctor Service does research into issues pertaining to rural health, towards improved service provision to Outback Australia.
90 Years of Unparalleled Service
The RFDS has evolved from an early vision of an “aerial experiment” into a remarkable 24-hour, 7 days a week health service to enable people in rural and remote Australia, and who are beyond regular medical infrastructure, to access medical care in metropolitan-based tertiary hospitals.
Study finds higher bush cardiac deaths are preventable
New Flying Doctor research, titled Cardiovascular health in remote and rural communities found that remote Australians are 1.6 times more likely to be hospitalised for coronary heart disease than people in major cities, and 1.3 times more likely to die.
Embedding cultural safety in Australia's main health care standards
In Australia, the existing health safety and quality standards are insufficient to ensure culturally safe care for Indigenous patients in order to achieve optimum care outcomes.
Providing Aeromedical Care to Remote Indigenous Communities
This research considers the health of Indigenous Australians living in remote and very remote areas. It details illness and accident demand for aeromedical retrievals of Indigenous Australians by the RFDS from remote and very remote Australia.
Country kids face twice as many tooth fillings as city cousins
A new research report released by the Royal Flying Doctor Service in September shines a spotlight on oral health for country Australians.
