Indicator 14 People deferring access to selected healthcare due to — financial barriers Key amendments Data are provided for the first time for the Indigenous population (not able from previous cycle to be backcast). of reporting: National data are now provided disaggregated by sex. Outcome: Australians receive appropriate high quality and affordable primary and community health services Measure: Proportion of people who required treatment but deferred that treatment due to cost, by type of health service There are five measures for this indicator: Measure 14a: Proportion of people who delayed or see a GP didn’t because of cost Measure 14b: Proportion of people who delayed or see a medical didn’t specialist because of cost Measure 14c: Proportion of people who delayed or get a medical didn’t prescription filled because of cost Measure 14d: Proportion of people who delayed or see a dental didn’t practitioner because of cost Measure 14e: Proportion of people who delayed or get pathology or didn’t imaging tests because of cost Measure 14a is defined as: numerator number of persons aged 15 years or over who reported — delaying or not seeing a GP in the last 12 months because of cost [numerator for Indigenous] number of Indigenous persons aged 15 — years or over who reported needing to see a GP in the last 12 months, but did not because of cost denominator total number of persons aged 15 years or over who saw — a GP, or needed to see a GP but in the last 12 months didn’t, [denominator for Indigenous] total number of Indigenous persons aged — 15 years or over who needed to see a GP in the last 12 months, but did not and is expressed as a directly age standardised rate (per cent) Measure 14b is defined as: numerator number of persons aged 15 years or over who reported — delaying or not seeing a medical specialist in the last 12 months because of cost denominator total number of persons aged 15 years or over who — received a written referral to a specialist from a GP in the last 12 months and is expressed as a directly age standardised rate (per cent) Measure 14c is defined as: numerator number of persons who reported delaying or not getting a — prescription filled for medication in the last 12 months because of cost [numerator for Indigenous] number of Indigenous persons aged 15 — years or over who did not fill a prescription in the last 12 months because of cost
Indicator 14 — People deferring access to selected healthcare due to financial barriers Key amendments from previous cycle of reporting: Data are provided for the first time for the Indigenous population (not able to be backcast). National data are now provided disaggregated by sex. Outcome: Australians receive appropriate high quality and affordable primary and community health services Measure: Proportion of people who required treatment but deferred that treatment due to cost, by type of health service There are five measures for this indicator: Measure 14a: Proportion of people who delayed or didn’t see a GP because of cost Measure 14b: Proportion of people who delayed or didn’t see a medical specialist because of cost Measure 14c: Proportion of people who delayed or didn’t get a medical prescription filled because of cost Measure 14d: Proportion of people who delayed or didn’t see a dental practitioner because of cost Measure 14e: Proportion of people who delayed or didn’t get pathology or imaging tests because of cost Measure 14a is defined as: numerator — number of persons aged 15 years or over who reported delaying or not seeing a GP in the last 12 months because of cost [numerator for Indigenous] — number of Indigenous persons aged 15 years or over who reported needing to see a GP in the last 12 months, but did not because of cost denominator — total number of persons aged 15 years or over who saw a GP, or needed to see a GP but didn’t, in the last 12 months [denominator for Indigenous] — total number of Indigenous persons aged 15 years or over who needed to see a GP in the last 12 months, but did not and is expressed as a directly age standardised rate (per cent) Measure 14b is defined as: numerator — number of persons aged 15 years or over who reported delaying or not seeing a medical specialist in the last 12 months because of cost denominator — total number of persons aged 15 years or over who received a written referral to a specialist from a GP in the last 12 months and is expressed as a directly age standardised rate (per cent) Measure 14c is defined as: numerator — number of persons who reported delaying or not getting a prescription filled for medication in the last 12 months because of cost [numerator for Indigenous] — number of Indigenous persons aged 15 years or over who did not fill a prescription in the last 12 months because of cost
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