The effect of an Aboriginal Medical Service on admissions of children to hospital in a N.S.W. country town.
Since 1976 there has been a 33% decrease in the number of Aboriginal children admitted to hospital in Kempsey, N.S.W. The number of "bed-days" due to Aboriginal child admissions has decreased by 46%. The most likely cause of this decrease is the establishment in 1977 of a medical service in Kempsey, which is run by Aboriginal people for Aboriginal people.
D001315:Australia; D001723:Birth Rate; D002648:Child; D006303:Health Services, Indigenous / Q000706:statistics & numerical data / Q000600:supply & distribution; D006760:Hospitalization / Q000639:trends*; D006801:Humans; D009017:Morbidity; D011314:Preventive Health Services; D011320:Primary Health Care; D000095283:Australian Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peoples