Exactly, all signs to point to indigenous communities needing more local healthcare providers/facilities than they've got. Not an expert but I'm gonna go out on a limb and guess their HCPs-per-mile rate is a lot lower than in non-indigenous areas. Per the link they're coming sicker and younger than non-indigenous patients. Apparently follow up care compliance isn't great. Add in a cultural reluctance to travel… it almost explains itself. If they don't have clinics within their radius they don't go.
What to do? Maybe a program to incentivize HCPs to set up shop in or near rural areas (the US does this; it helps… some). Even better, one to assist/encourage more indigenous community members to become HCPs.
sonyka t1_ix7m3gj wrote
Reply to comment by ihateusednames in Indigenous people are less likely to survive the year after an ICU admission. 12 months after being admitted to intensive care, an Indigenous person is more likely to have died than a non-Indigenous person, according to Australian research. by MistWeaver80
Exactly, all signs to point to indigenous communities needing more local healthcare providers/facilities than they've got. Not an expert but I'm gonna go out on a limb and guess their HCPs-per-mile rate is a lot lower than in non-indigenous areas. Per the link they're coming sicker and younger than non-indigenous patients. Apparently follow up care compliance isn't great. Add in a cultural reluctance to travel… it almost explains itself. If they don't have clinics within their radius they don't go.
What to do? Maybe a program to incentivize HCPs to set up shop in or near rural areas (the US does this; it helps… some). Even better, one to assist/encourage more indigenous community members to become HCPs.