Remote Australian road with car on the side of the road

Editorial: The Economics of Rural Health – The cost of distance, and the value of community

Seven people stand in front of a propellor driver Angel Flight aircraft

The economics of rural health: looking beyond the price tag

Dr James Doube and Dr Cindy Dennis

Community and care: workforce reform in action on Kangaroo Island

Patient undergoing surgery

Why the country is worth it

Billie with her beloved chickens

The role of non-emergency medical transport in supporting rural healthcare Access: Billie’s story

Receptionist return patients card

Rural Health Consumer Panel

Dental clinic patient in a chair with two detail practitioners

How a community dental clinic supports rural health

Nurse home visit blood pressure supplied ORH

A nurse-led clinic, 3 rural towns, and fewer long drives

Doctor looking at patients arm

The price of keeping the doctor

Top:Soroptimist Geraldton. Bottom: Red Hatters Mundaring

The cost of silence: what delayed gynaecological care means for rural women

Group of people walking on a wooded property

Strengthening AOD care for people experiencing or at risk of homelessness

Older woman using. a laptop to talk to a doctor

When the lines go silent: health, economy, and the telecommunications divide

Kintore Women’s paintings that starred in the Western Desert Dialysis Art Auction in 2000

The ripple effect of dialysis on country

Ja Seng processing medicine in warehouse.

How supply chain investment supports rural health

Students in West Arnhem and Kakadu National Park learning how Indigenous land management and ""Caring for Country"" serves as a proactive, low-cost alternative to reactive suppression models

Beyond the tyranny of distance: the economic case for Remote Disaster Preparedness

Family waiting in a full Emergency Room waiting room

Paying the price for nowhere else to go

Rural town street with cars and trees

The economy rural Australia actually needs

WSU medical students conducting health checks during the Bathurst 12hr race

Pit stops for health: bridging the gap at the Bathurst 1000

Kambala Health Centre facility with eucalyptus trees

Local Government Funding of Health Services – At What Cost?

Allied health team waiting to board a small aircraft.

Flying start: how a place-based model of care is changing outcomes and the economics of rural child health

Coastal inlet aerial photograph

A small university site can make a measurable and significant contribution to a region’s economy