Indicator 12 Waiting times for GPs — 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, and by waiting time category by remoteness (all categories) Outcome: Australians receive appropriate high quality and affordable primary and community health services Measure: Length of time a patient needs to wait to see a GP for an urgent appointment The measure is defined as: numerator number of persons aged 15 years or over who reported — seeing a GP for urgent medical care (for their own health) within specified waiting time categories denominator total number of persons aged 15 years or over who saw — a GP for urgent medical care (for their own health) in the last 12 months and is expressed as a directly age standardised rate [per cent calculated separately for each waiting time category (within four hours; more than four hours but within 24 hours; and 24 hours or more)] The interpretation of medical was left to the respondent. ‘urgent care’ 95 per cent confidence intervals and relative standard errors calculated for rates Data source: (All) ABS Patient Experience Survey (PExS). Data are available annually. (Indigenous) ABS National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Health Survey (NATSIHS) component of the Australian Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Health Survey (AATSIHS) non-remote areas only – Data provider: ABS Data availability: 2012-13 Cross tabulations State and Territory, by waiting time category by: provided: remoteness (ASGS) (collapsed categories) Nationally, by waiting time category by: remoteness (ASGS) (all categories) SEIFA IRSD deciles (2011 based SEIFA ISRD with ASGS) sex (Indigenous population only) National by remoteness (non-remote areas only)
Indicator 12 — Waiting times for GPs 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, and by waiting time category by remoteness (all categories) Outcome: Australians receive appropriate high quality and affordable primary and community health services Measure: Length of time a patient needs to wait to see a GP for an urgent appointment The measure is defined as: numerator — number of persons aged 15 years or over who reported seeing a GP for urgent medical care (for their own health) within specified waiting time categories denominator — total number of persons aged 15 years or over who saw a GP for urgent medical care (for their own health) in the last 12 months and is expressed as a directly age standardised rate [per cent calculated separately for each waiting time category (within four hours; more than four hours but within 24 hours; and 24 hours or more)] The interpretation of ‘urgent medical care’ was left to the respondent. 95 per cent confidence intervals and relative standard errors calculated for rates Data source: (All) ABS Patient Experience Survey (PExS). Data are available annually. (Indigenous) ABS National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Health Survey (NATSIHS) component of the Australian Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Health Survey (AATSIHS) – non-remote areas only Data provider: ABS Data availability: 2012-13 Cross tabulations provided: State and Territory, by waiting time category by: remoteness (ASGS) (collapsed categories) Nationally, by waiting time category by: remoteness (ASGS) (all categories) SEIFA IRSD deciles (2011 based SEIFA ISRD with ASGS) sex (Indigenous population only) National by remoteness (non-remote areas only)
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