
%0 Journal Article
%A Hyde, Jim 
%T Tackling health inequalities in the NSW health system: The NSW Health and Equity Statement
%J New South Wales Public Health Bulletin
%D 2001/07/01
%V 12
%N 7
%P 192-193
%K 
%R https://doi.org/10.1071/NB01064
%U https://www.publish.csiro.au/paper/NB01064 
%X The issue of equity and health has been a central concern of the NSW Department of Health for many years. A major focus has been on ensuring the equitable distribution of health resources and health services through the Resource Distribution Formula (RDF). This has resulted in a significant redistribution of health services and health service funding based on population need rather than where health services, especially hospitals, had historically developed. 
