Rural, regional and remote health
Subtitle: a guide to remoteness classifications
Series: Rural health series / Australian Institute of Health and Welfare -- no. 4; Rural health series (Canberra. A.C.T.) -- no. 4.
Publisher: Australian Institute of Health and Welfare
Published: 2004
Place of publication: Canberra
Language: eng
Number of pages: 77
Subjects: Rural health services; Classification; Geographical location codes; Health services
Description: Reviews the methodology behind the three major classifications that describe areas in terms of relative remoteness - the RRMA (Rural, Remote and Metropolitan Areas) classification, the ARIA (Accessibility/Remoteness Index of Australia) classification and the ASGC (Australian Standard Geographical Classification) Remoteness Areas classification. The publication also summarises each classification's strengths and weaknesses and describes how the classifications are applied to administrative and survey data.
Notes: "March 2004."

"AIHW cat. no. PHE 53."

Includes bibliographical references (p. 77).

Also available online via the World Wide Web. Address: http://www.aihw.gov.au/publications/phe/rrrh-gtrc/rrrh-gtrc-c00.pdf

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