Frequent GP attenders and their use of health services in 2012–13
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Topic: Primary health care
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AIHW
Australian Institute of Health and Welfare (2015) Frequent GP attenders and their use of health services in 2012–13, AIHW, Australian Government, accessed 03 October 2023.
APA
Australian Institute of Health and Welfare. (2015). Frequent GP attenders and their use of health services in 2012–13. Canberra: AIHW.
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Australian Institute of Health and Welfare. Frequent GP attenders and their use of health services in 2012–13. AIHW, 2015.
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Australian Institute of Health and Welfare. Frequent GP attenders and their use of health services in 2012–13. Canberra: AIHW; 2015.
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Australian Institute of Health and Welfare 2015, Frequent GP attenders and their use of health services in 2012–13, AIHW, Canberra.
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This report provides a picture of ‘frequent GP attenders’ across local areas. It breaks down the Australian population into groups according to how often they visited a GP in 2012–13, and how many different GPs and specialists they saw.
This report was first published on the MyHealthyCommunities website.
- ISSN: 2201-8212
- ISBN: 978-1-76007-160-8
- Cat. no: NHPA 11
- Pages: 64
Findings from this report:
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One-third of the population (35.3%) visited a GP six or more times in 2012–13
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More than one in 10 Australians (12.5%) went to a GP 12 or more times a year