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EDITORIAL

Response to Raymond et al. Health policy evaluation in rural and remote Australia: a qualitative exploration and lessons from the Northern Territory

Bryce Brickley https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7093-7793 A * , Oliver Black https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1252-4878 A , Chris Rissel https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2156-8581 A , Kalinda Griffiths (Yawuru) https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6233-3439 B C D E and James A. Smith https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4366-7422 A
+ Author Affiliations
- Author Affiliations

A Rural and Remote Health, College of Medicine and Public Health, Flinders University, Yellow Building 4, Corner University Drive North & University Drive West, Casuarina, Darwin, NT 0810, Australia.

B Poche SA+NT, College of Medicine and Public Health, Flinders University, Darwin, NT, Australia.

C Centre for Big Data Research in Health, UNSW, Sydney, NSW, Australia.

D Wellbeing and Preventable Chronic Diseases Division, Menzies School of Health Research, Darwin, NT, Australia.

E Centre for Health Equity, University of Melbourne, Parkville, Vic., Australia.

* Correspondence to: bryce.brickley@flinders.edu.au

Australian Health Review 47(3) 389-390 https://doi.org/10.1071/AH23105
Submitted: 15 May 2023  Accepted: 17 May 2023   Published: 29 May 2023

© 2023 The Author(s) (or their employer(s)). Published by CSIRO Publishing on behalf of AHHA.


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