Kinchin, Irina http://orcid.org/0000-0003-0133-2763
Jacups, Susan
Mann, Jennifer
Quigley, Rachel
Harvey, Desley
Doran, Christopher M.
Strivens, Edward
Funding for this research was provided by:
Queensland Health Integrated Care Innovation Fund (CE001779)
Article History
Received: 4 December 2017
Accepted: 3 November 2018
First Online: 4 December 2018
Authors’ information
: IK is a Senior Postdoctoral Fellow in Health Economics at the Centre for Indigenous Health Equity Research, School of Health, Medical and Applied Sciences at CQUniversity and an Adjunct Senior Research Fellow at the Cairns Institute, James Cook University.SJ is an Epidemiologist, currently employed in project management with Torres and Cape Hospital and Health Service, and is also an Adjunct Research Fellow at the Cairns Institute, James Cook University and CQUniversity.JM is OPEN ARCH project manager at Cairns and Hinterland Hospital and Health Service.RQ is an Older Persons Liaison Service clinician at Cairns and Hinterland Hospital and Health Service, and a research officer within the Health Ageing Research Team (HART) at James Cook University.DH is a Health Practitioner Principal Research Fellow at Cairns and Hinterland Hospital and Health Service.CMD is a Professor in Health Economics at the Centre for Indigenous Health Equity Research and School of Health, Medical and Applied Sciences at CQUniversity.ES is a Clinical Director, Older Persons, Sub-acute and Rehabilitation (OPSAR) Cairns and Hinterland Hospital and Health Service, and an Adjunct Associate Professor at James Cook University.
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