Technical notes
The release uses 2 data sources:
- Australian Institute of Health and Welfare (AIHW) analysis of the Department of Health, Disability and Ageing's Medicare Benefits Schedule data collection.
- Australian Bureau of Statistics' Estimated Resident Population at 30 June 2001 (see age-standardised rates) and 30 June 2017 to 2024.
The release presents data on the following non-hospital Medicare-subsidised services:
- General Practitioner (GP) attendances
- diagnostic imaging services
- allied health services
- specialist attendances
- nursing and Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander health worker services.