A new report from the Royal Flying Doctor Service highlights the extreme disparity in health care between metropolitan and rural Australia.

It's found people in remote and very remote areas are 2.5 times more likely to be hospitalised for potentially preventable reasons.

Rural reporter Brady Evans caught up with the University of Southern Queensland's Professor Sonja March to get her reaction and talk over possible solutions. 

A new report from the Royal Flying Doctor Service highlights the extreme disparity in health care between metropolitan and rural Australia.
It's found people in remote and very remote areas are 2.5 times more likely to be hospitalised for potentially preventable reasons.
Rural reporter Brady Evans caught up with the University of Southern Queensland's Professor Sonja March to get her reaction and talk over possible solutions.

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