Remote health: What are the problems and what can we do about them? Insights from Australia

Deborah J Russell; John Humphreys; Prabhakar Veginadu; Supriya Mathew; Renee Williams; Sinon Cooney; Leander Menezes; John Boffa; Vahab Baghbanian; April Robinson; Yuejen Zhao; Mark Ramjan; Karrina DeMasi; Walbira Murray; Sean Taylor; Donna-Maree Stephens; Kristal Lawrence; John Wakerman

doi:10.1186/s12913-025-12828-0

Remote health: What are the problems and what can we do about them? Insights from Australia

Deborah J Russell
, John Humphreys
, Prabhakar Veginadu
, Supriya Mathew
, Renee Williams
, Sinon Cooney
, Leander Menezes
, John Boffa
, Vahab Baghbanian
, April Robinson
, Yuejen Zhao
, Mark Ramjan
, Karrina DeMasi
, Walbira Murray
, Sean Taylor
, Donna-Maree Stephens
, Kristal Lawrence
, John Wakerman

Charles Darwin University
Monash University
Torres Health Indigenous Corporation,
Katherine West Health Board
Pintupi Homelands Health Service Aboriginal Corporation
Central Australian Aboriginal Congress
Northern Territory Primary Health Network/Rural Workforce Agency NT
Northern Territory Department of Health
The Kids' Research Institute Australia
Aboriginal Medical Services Alliance Northern Territory
University of Melbourne
DMS Research & Evaluation Consulting

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This article analyses three broad questions: (i) How is 'remote' different from 'rural'?; (ii) How do these differences affect the provision of health care and health outcomes, positively and negatively?; and (iii) What is needed to address these issues and systematise solutions in order to deliver parity of health outcomes?

Original language	English
Article number	641
Number of pages	6
Journal	BMC Health Services Research
Volume	25
Issue number	1
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1186/s12913-025-12828-0 https://doi.org/10.1186/s12913-025-12828-0
Publication status	Published - May 2025

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Russell, D. J., Humphreys, J., Veginadu, P., Mathew, S., Williams, R., Cooney, S., Menezes, L., Boffa, J., Baghbanian, V., Robinson, A., Zhao, Y., Ramjan, M., DeMasi, K., Murray, W., Taylor, S., Stephens, D.-M., Lawrence, K., & Wakerman, J. (2025). Remote health: What are the problems and what can we do about them? Insights from Australia. BMC Health Services Research, 25(1), Article 641. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12913-025-12828-0, https://doi.org/10.1186/s12913-025-12828-0

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