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Interpretation is difficult There are large differences in how often general practitioners refer patients to hospital.'14 These differences are attracting growing attention-partly from the Department of Health and Social Security, which is concerned to ensure the efficient use of resources, and partly from district health authorities, some of which have tried to save money by limiting referrals...

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ABORIGINAL COMMUNITY CONTROLLED health services (ACCHSs) across Australia are supported by predominantly non-Indigenous doctors. As of 2005, there were between eight and ten Indigenous doctors working in ACCHSs. For many non-Indigenous doctors, working in an Aboriginal health service has been a choice to do something different and to try to make a difference. One of us (K S P) moved to Townsvil...