title: Closing the indigenous health gap.
abstract: On 24 March 2008, Prime Minister Kevin Rudd, the leader of the Federal Opposition, and health sector leaders signed a pledge to close the indigenous health gap by 2030 and the equity gap in health service provision by 2018. This is a big challenge - Indigenous Australians have a life expectancy 17 years less than non-Indigenous Australians and a burden of disease 2.5 times higher.
authors.affiliation: Centre for Health and Society, Melbourne School of Population Health, University of Melbourne, Victoria.
authors.forename: Ian P S
authors.initials: IP
authors.lastname: Anderson
mesh_terms: D001315:Australia; D006291:Health Policy; D006301:Health Services Needs and Demand; D006303:Health Services, Indigenous / Q000458:organization & administration; D006304:Health Status; D054625:Healthcare Disparities; D006801:Humans; D008017:Life Expectancy; D012959:Socioeconomic Factors; D035862:Vulnerable Populations / Q000706:statistics & numerical data