title: Health policy and its impact on poverty.
abstract: Poverty may be defined narrowly as a lack of income, but is more usefully viewed as a multidimensional concept. I discuss some associations between poverty and health, identify groups with special needs, and describe some aspects of the government's health policy which are relevant to those needs. Finally, I note the importance of ensuring there is a more integrated approach in future.
authors.affiliation: Commonwealth Department of Health and Aged Care.
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Podger
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D001315:Australia / Q000453:epidemiology; D003695:Delivery of Health Care; D006291:Health Policy / Q000191:economics*; D006301:Health Services Needs and Demand; D006299:Health Services for the Aged / Q000458:organization & administration; D006305:Health Status Indicators; D006801:Humans; D011050:Policy Making; D011203:Poverty; D011209:Power, Psychological; D011635:Public Health Administration; D012935:Social Justice; D012959:Socioeconomic Factors