Key facts
Contents & fields
This dataset contains the percentage of people who delayed or did not see a medical specialist, GP, get an imaging test or get a pathology test due to cost, aggregated by PHN area. Data sourced from Medicare Benefits Schedule (MBS) claims and ABS 2016-17 Patient Experience Survey. No field-level description is publicly available on the source page.
Research uses
Can be used to analyze regional disparities in healthcare access due to cost barriers in Australia, supporting health policy evaluation and equity studies.
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Why this is hard to get on your own
Obtaining regionally disaggregated percentage data on cost barriers to healthcare, but field descriptions and license information are unclear.