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AIHW - Patients Spending on Medicare - People who experienced Cost Barriers to Specialist, GP, Imaging or Pathology (%) (PHN) 2016-2017

This dataset presents the percentage of people who delayed or did not see a medical specialist, GP, get an imaging test or get a pathology test when needed due to cost in the last 12 months, aggregated to 2015 Department of Health Primary Health Network (PHN) areas.

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Key facts

InstitutionAustralian Institute of Health and Welfare (AIHW)
CoverageAustralia, aggregated to 2015 Department of Health Primary Health Network (PHN) areas, based on 2011 Australian Statistical Geography Standard (ASGS)
Time spanFinancial year 2016-2017 (1 July 2016 to 30 June 2017)
ScaleSee official page
LicenseLicense statement is still being checked
AccessHTML format via AURIN Download Manager

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.

Information comes from the source page. Please check that page for current details and terms.

Keywords

Medicarecost barriersspecialistgeneral practitionerimagingpathology

Access & license

License: License statement is still being checked | Free to access

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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.

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