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Coordination of health care: experiences of barriers to accessing health services among patients aged 45 and over
Coordination of health care: experiences of barriers to accessing health services among patients aged 45 and over
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Topic: Primary health care
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Australian Institute of Health and Welfare (2020) Coordination of health care: experiences of barriers to accessing health services among patients aged 45 and over, AIHW, Australian Government, accessed 24 April 2024.
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Australian Institute of Health and Welfare. (2020). Coordination of health care: experiences of barriers to accessing health services among patients aged 45 and over. Canberra: AIHW.
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Australian Institute of Health and Welfare. Coordination of health care: experiences of barriers to accessing health services among patients aged 45 and over. AIHW, 2020.
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Australian Institute of Health and Welfare. Coordination of health care: experiences of barriers to accessing health services among patients aged 45 and over. Canberra: AIHW; 2020.
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Australian Institute of Health and Welfare 2020, Coordination of health care: experiences of barriers to accessing health services among patients aged 45 and over, AIHW, Canberra.
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Having timely access to health-care professionals when a person needs it is crucial to preventing, treating and managing health conditions. In 2016, 1 in 4 patients did not see a GP, and 1 in 8 patients did not see a specialist, even when they felt they needed to. This report looks at the associations between selected patient characteristics and self-reported experiences of barriers to accessing GPs and specialists.
- ISBN: 978-1-76054-644-1
- Cat. no: CHC 4
- Pages: 46
Findings from this report:
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1 in 4 (24%) patients did not see a GP when they felt they needed to.
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1 in 8 (13%) patients did not see a specialist when they felt they needed to.
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Half (50%) of patients who did not see a GP when needed said it was because they could not get an appointment.
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Nearly half (45%) of patients who did not see a specialist when needed said it was because of cost.