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.
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This report was first published on the MyHealthyCommunities website.
For a full list of AIHW products that include data and results by small areas (for example, by Primary Health Network areas) see AIHW data by geography.