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The Guardian - AU
The Guardian - AU
Lifestyle

Health equity: meet the young doctor working to change the game for rural Australians

Person sitting on a blue armchair and smiling at the camera with a stethoscope around their neck.
Dr Dan Wilson Photograph: Tarzan Patterson/Griffith University

As Dr Dan Wilson sees it, there’s an uncomfortable truth about healthcare in Australia: “Your postcode determines your health outcomes.”

“The further away you move from a capital city, the less time you spend in this world, and the quality of your life – measured objectively through quality adjusted life years – is less,” Wilson says.

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