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Table 1 Inclusion and exclusion standards according to specified criteria

From: What primary health care services should residents of rural and remote Australia be able to access? A systematic review of “core” primary health care services

Criteria

Inclusion

Exclusion

Time period

All

 

Language

English

 

Geographical delimitation

All countries

 

Level of Development

All

 

Level of health care

PHC services

Secondary, tertiary services

Aim: to identify the services that should be considered “core” to a rural and remote Australian primary health care service.

• Identifies range, package, or suite of PHC services

• Identifies only one or a small number of disease specific or organ specific services

• Relevant to Australian rural and remote context

• Not relevant to Australian rural and remote context

Methods

• Single or multiple methods documented

• No explicit method described