Access to health services by Australians with disability 2012
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Topic: Disability
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AIHW
Australian Institute of Health and Welfare (2015) Access to health services by Australians with disability 2012, AIHW, Australian Government, accessed 10 December 2023.
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Australian Institute of Health and Welfare. (2015). Access to health services by Australians with disability 2012. Canberra: AIHW.
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Australian Institute of Health and Welfare. Access to health services by Australians with disability 2012. AIHW, 2015.
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Australian Institute of Health and Welfare. Access to health services by Australians with disability 2012. Canberra: AIHW; 2015.
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Australian Institute of Health and Welfare 2015, Access to health services by Australians with disability 2012, AIHW, Canberra.
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This report uses data from the Australian Bureau of Statistics’ 2012 Survey of Disability, Ageing and Carers to examine the level of access to a range of health services by Australians with disability living in the community.
- ISSN: 1446-9820
- ISBN: 978-1-74249-739-6
- Cat. no: AUS 191
- Pages: 24
Findings from this report:
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17% of people with disability who needed to see a GP delayed or did not go because of the cost
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20% of people with disability who needed to see a medical specialist did not go mainly because of the cost
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67% of people with disability who needed to see a dentist delayed seeing or did not go because of the cost
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People with disability living in Outer regional and Remote areas faced more barriers to accessing health services