Primary Health Care Research & Information Service
Abstract
In an equitable system, the health needs of communities are matched by the services
provided. Whilst a recent review of the performance of the health systems of seven
countries by the Commonwealth Fund reported that ‘Australia and the U.K. continue to
demonstrate superior performance’, it is important that health services provided to
Australians are able to be utilised by all who need them. This RESEARCH ROUNDup
investigates the concept of equity in health, endeavours to describe those who are most
likely to be ‘unreached’ by primary health care services, and how they may be identified