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Graphic: Best for the Bush Rural and Remote Health Baseline 2023
Primary care access vital for better health outcomes in remote Australia
The second annual Royal Flying Doctor Service ‘Best for the Bush, Rural and remote Health Base Line’ report was released today.
More detailsMental Health in the Bush: Access a fifth the rate of city
26 Aug 2019RFDS research published by the Medical Journal of Australia, reveals more about mental health in the bush and access to mental health services.
Read full storyRFDS and Hearing Australia Trial
01 Jun 2019A research paper entitled “Evaluation of the Royal Flying Doctor service and Australian Hearing Hearing Screening Trial” has been released.
Read full storyService Planning and Operational Tool
01 Feb 2019As 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
Read full storyLooking Ahead Research Paper
16 Jan 2019The Royal Flying Doctor Service does research into issues pertaining to rural health, towards improved service provision to Outback Australia.
Read full story90 Years of Unparalleled Service
09 Oct 2018The 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.
Read full storyStudy finds higher bush cardiac deaths are preventable
28 Mar 2018New 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.
Read full storyEmbedding cultural safety in Australia's main health care standards
10 Jul 2017In 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.
Read full storyProviding Aeromedical Care to Remote Indigenous Communities
17 Aug 2016This 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.
Read full storyCountry kids face twice as many tooth fillings as city cousins
07 Oct 2015A new research report released by the Royal Flying Doctor Service in September shines a spotlight on oral health for country Australians.
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