This release includes up to 20 years of weekly health service use data by Statistical Area Level 4 geography. It includes data relevant to respiratory, cardiovascular, and mental health conditions, as well as other health conditions. The report includes data and visualisations on:
- hospitalisations
- emergency department presentations
- Medicare Benefits Schedule service claims
- Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme and Repatriation Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme prescriptions dispensed.
- Cat. no: PHE 338
Findings from this report:
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Select hospitalisation, ED presentation, MBS, and PBS service use data are available by week at SA4-level geography
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There is notable variation in health service use over time and geography, at both lower and higher levels of aggregation
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Variation in finely disaggregated data reflects fundamental and methodological drivers, as well as natural volatility
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Considered analysis is required to attribute any shifts in health service use to environmental events