Patterns of service use
In Western Australia, of the 18,589 total clients who received treatment in 2017–18:
- 61% (11,339) received treatment in 2017–18 only
- 11% (2,005) received treatment in both 2016–17 and 2017–18
- 3.9% (725) received treatment in each year from 2015–16 to 2017–18
- 1.9% (346) received treatment in each year from 2014–15 to 2017–18
- 1.7% (307) received treatment in all years, from 2013–14 to 2017–18.
Over the period 2013–14 to 2017–18, a total of 64,209 clients received treatment in Western Australia. Of those:
- 75% (48,315) received treatment in only a single year
- 17% (10,878) received treatment in any 2 of the 5 years
- 6% (3,576) received treatment in any 3 of the 5 years
- 1.8% (1,133) received treatment in any 4 of the 5 years
- 0.5% (307) received treatment in all 5 collection years.