Health service use by humanitarian entrants born in Afghanistan
Figure 6.3 presents data on the use of health service use by Afghan humanitarian entrants by broad types of service and sex in 2021.
The following data visualisation (Figure 6.3) presents a bar chart. The data can be filtered by selecting either:
- age-standardised rate of services per 1,000 people
- proportion of the population who received a service.
Figure 6.3: Afghan refugee population accessing health services, by sex, 2021
The rate of services in 2021 was higher in males than females for all service types (specialist attendances, pathology, other allied health, optometry, general practice and diagnostic imaging).
Table 6.1a and 6.1b shows the most widely accessed specialties for non-hospital specialist consultations by Afghan humanitarian entrants for males and females. Endocrinology and obstetrics and gynaecology were the most widely accessed specialties by females whereas cardiology, and gastroenterology and hepatology were the most widely used specialties by males.
| Rank | Specialty | Count of services in 2021 | Proportion of population with a service in 2021 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Cardiology | 374 | 2.1 |
| 2 | Gastroenterology and Hepatology | 333 | 1.6 |
| 3 | Dermatology | 321 | 1.8 |
| 4 | Ophthalmology | 244 | 1.6 |
| 5 | General Medicine | 216 | 1.4 |
| Rank | Specialty | Count of services in 2021 | Proportion of population with a service in 2021 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Endocrinology | 1,121 | 3.5 |
| 2 | Obstetrics and Gynaecology | 1,107 | 5.2 |
| 3 | Psychiatry | 788 | 2.4 |
| 4 | Dermatology | 588 | 2.7 |
| 5 | Gastroenterology and Hepatology | 551 | 2.7 |
Notes
- The non-hospital specialist consultations were ranked by the number of services accessed.
- Count of health service is the number of non-hospital specialist consultations for the given specialty accessed by humanitarian entrants in 2021
- Proportion of the population with a health service is 2021 is calculated as the number of non-hospital specialist consultations for the given specialty divided by the total humanitarian entrant population in 2021 which was derived from the Medicare Consumer Directory (MCD).
Source: AIHW analysis of PLIDA, 2021.
References
Person-Level Integrated Data Asset (PLIDA), 2021, PLIDA Modular Product, ABS DataLab. Findings based on use of PLIDA data.