Medicare-subsidised GP, allied health and specialist health care across local areas: 2022-23

In 2022–23 there were over 4.8 million GP attendances to residential aged care settings (17 GP attendances per residential aged care patient). The number of GP attendances per residential aged care patient was 19 for metropolitan areas and 15 for regional areas (Figure 2).

Figure 2: Number of GP residential aged care attendances per residential aged care patient, by Primary Health Network (PHN) area, 2022–23

Chart: AIHW. Sources: AIHW analysis of Department of Health and Aged Care, MBS claims data; ABS ERP.