Medical facility accessibility Data dictionary
Attributes
| Outcome area | Health and wellbeing |
|---|---|
| Priority | Prevention and early intervention |
| Measure |
Proportion of people with disability with difficulty accessing medical facilities (GP, dentist, hospital). |
| Most recent data |
2018 |
| Baseline data |
2018 |
| Population |
People with disability aged 5 and over living in households, who leave home and need assistance or have difficulty with communication with someone they do not know because of disability or need assistance or have difficulty with mobility because of disability. |
| Numerator |
Number of people with disability aged 5 and over living in households, who had difficulty accessing medical facilities (GP, dentist, hospital) in the last 12 months. |
| Denominator |
Number of people with disability aged 5 and over living in households, who leave home and need assistance or have difficulty with communication with someone they do not know because of disability or need assistance or have difficulty with mobility because of disability. |
| Computation description |
Number of people with disability aged 5 and over, living in households, who had difficulty accessing medical facilities (GP, dentist, hospital) in the last 12 months, divided by number of people with disability aged 5 and over, living in households, and need assistance or have difficulty with communication with someone they do not know because of disability or need assistance or have difficulty with mobility because of disability. Expressed as a percentage. |
| Computation |
100 × (Numerator ÷ Denominator) |
| Notes |
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Measure
| Measure | Medical facility accessibility |
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