Inequitable provision of optimal health services for patients with chronic heart failure: a national geo-mapping study

• 1 Health Sciences Department, University of South Australia, Adelaide, SA.
• 2 Faculty of Health Sciences, Deakin University, Melbourne, VIC.
• 3 National Centre for Social Applications of Geographic Information Systems (GISCA), University of Adelaide, Adelaide, SA.
• 4 Department of Psychology, University of Adelaide, Adelaide, SA.
• 5 Mayne Medical School, University of Queensland, Brisbane, QLD.
• 6 Preventative Cardiology Division, Baker Heart Research Institute, Melbourne, VIC.

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