This new report shows variation in the total out-of-pocket costs that patients face in a year for Medicare services delivered outside of the hospital. It shines a spotlight on the costs patients pay for specialist, GP, diagnostic imaging and obstetric services. It also looks at patients’ experience of cost barriers to specialist, GP, imaging and pathology care.
Patients' out-of-pocket spending on Medicare services 2016–17
Citation
AIHW
Australian Institute of Health and Welfare (2018) Patients' out-of-pocket spending on Medicare services 2016–17, AIHW, Australian Government, accessed 28 September 2023.
APA
Australian Institute of Health and Welfare. (2018). Patients' out-of-pocket spending on Medicare services 2016–17. Canberra: AIHW.
MLA
Australian Institute of Health and Welfare. Patients' out-of-pocket spending on Medicare services 2016–17. AIHW, 2018.
Vancouver
Australian Institute of Health and Welfare. Patients' out-of-pocket spending on Medicare services 2016–17. Canberra: AIHW; 2018.
Harvard
Australian Institute of Health and Welfare 2018, Patients' out-of-pocket spending on Medicare services 2016–17, AIHW, Canberra.
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This report was first published on the MyHealthyCommunities website.
- ISBN: 978-1-76054-406-5
- Cat. no: HPF 35
- Pages: 18
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Half of all patients—10.9 million people—had out-of-pocket costs for non-hospital Medicare services
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Patients in metropolitan PHN areas were less likely to have out-of-pocket costs than patients in regional PHN areas
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The proportion of patients with out-of-pocket costs for imaging tests was 5 times higher in some PHNs than others
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The median out-of-pocket cost per specialist visit ranged from $36 to $97 across local areas (for patients with costs)