Patterns of service use
Of the 4,109 total clients who received treatment in 2017–18:
- 57% (2,333) received treatment in 2017–18 only
- 12% (504) received treatment in both 2016–17 and 2017–18
- 6% (227) received treatment in each year from 2015–16 to 2017–18
- 3.1% (129) received treatment in each year from 2014–15 to 2017–18
- 3.5% (145) received treatment in all years, from 2013–14 to 2017–18.
Over the period 2013–14 to 2017–18, a total of 12,400 clients received treatment in the Australian Capital Territory. Of those:
- 72% (8,932) received treatment in only a single year
- 17% (2,144) received treatment in any 2 of the 5 years
- 7% (826) received treatment in any 3 of the 5 years
- 2.9% (353) received treatment in any 4 of the 5 years
- 1.2% (145) received treatment in all 5 collection years.