Australian Institute of Health and Welfare (2015) Access to health services by Australians with disability 2012, AIHW, Australian Government, accessed 23 March 2023.
Australian Institute of Health and Welfare. (2015). Access to health services by Australians with disability 2012. Canberra: AIHW.
Australian Institute of Health and Welfare. Access to health services by Australians with disability 2012. AIHW, 2015.
Australian Institute of Health and Welfare. Access to health services by Australians with disability 2012. Canberra: AIHW; 2015.
Australian Institute of Health and Welfare 2015, Access to health services by Australians with disability 2012, AIHW, Canberra.
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This report uses data from the Australian Bureau of Statistics’ 2012 Survey of Disability, Ageing and Carers to examine the level of access to a range of health services by Australians with disability living in the community.
17% of people with disability who needed to see a GP delayed or did not go because of the cost
20% of people with disability who needed to see a medical specialist did not go mainly because of the cost
67% of people with disability who needed to see a dentist delayed seeing or did not go because of the cost
People with disability living in Outer regional and Remote areas faced more barriers to accessing health services
Disability services data cubes
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