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Heart, Lung and Circulation
Letter to the Editor| Volume 24, ISSUE 6, P627, June 2015

Response to Letter to the Editor: Essential Service Standards for Equitable National Cardiovascular Care for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people

  • Alex Brown
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    Corresponding author at: South Australian Health and Medical Research Institute, PO Box 11060, Adelaide SA 5001. Tel.: +08 8128 4241
    Affiliations
    South Australian Health and Medical Research Institute (SAHMRI), Adelaide, SA, Australia

    School of Population Health, University of South Australia, Adelaide, SA, Australia

    Baker IDI Heart and Diabetes Institute Melbourne, Melbourne, Vic, Australia
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  • Garry L.R. Jennings
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    Baker IDI Heart and Diabetes Institute Melbourne, Melbourne, Vic, Australia
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  • On behalf of the Essential Service Standards for Equitable National Cardiovascular Care for Aboriginal, Torres Strait Islander people (ESSENCE) Steering Committee
Published:March 27, 2015DOI:https://doi.org/10.1016/j.hlc.2015.03.012
      We thank Davis et al. [
      • Davis T.M.E.
      • Davis W.A.
      • McAullay D.
      Re: Essential Service Standards for Equitable National Cardiovascular Care for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander People.
      ] for acknowledging the potential role that the ESSENCE Standards could have in reducing disparities in cardiovascular care and outcomes for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people [
      • Brown A.
      • O'Shea R.
      • Mott K.
      • McBride K.
      • Lawson T.
      • Jennings G.
      • et al.
      Essential Service Standards for Equitable National Cardiovascular Care for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander People.
      ].
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