Patterns of service use:
Of the 7,544 total clients who received treatment in 2017–18:
- 61% (4,571) received treatment in 2017–18 only
- 11% (793) received treatment in both 2016–17 and 2017–18
- 3.4% (258) received treatment in each year from 2015–16 to 2017–18
- 1.8% (137) received treatment in each year from 2014–15 to 2017–18
- 1.6% (123) received treatment in all years, from 2013–14 to 2017–18.
Over the period 2013–14 to 2017–18, a total of 31,924 clients received treatment in South Australia. Of those:
- 77% (24,584) received treatment in only a single year
- 16% (5,102) received treatment in any 2 of the 5 years
- 5% (1,613) received treatment in any 3 of the 5 years
- 5% (502) received treatment in any 4 of the 5 years
- 0.4% (123) received treatment in all 5 collection years.