NSW Health Survey respondents were asked whether they had consulted a General Practitioner in the last 12 months. Overall, results from that survey indicated that 87% of Hunter New England respondents aged 16 years and over reported consulting a General Practitioner at least once in the last 12 months (91% of females and 83% of males). This indicates that 13% of the population did not visit a doctor in the 12-month period preceding the survey. This was more frequent among males (17%) than females (9%).
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Australian Bureau of Statistics. National Health Survey - First results, Australia - 1995. Canberra: ABS catalogue no. 4392.0, 1996.
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Australian Institute of Health and Welfare. Australia's health 2000: the seventh biennial health report of the Australian Institute of Health and Welfare. Canberra: AIHW, 2000.
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Reijneveld SA. The cross-cultural validity of self-reported use of health care: a comparison of survey and registration data.
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Wallihan DB, Stump TE, Callahan CM. Accuracy of self-reported health services use and patterns of care among urban older adults. Medical Care,
1999; 37: 662-70.
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The information presented in this report result from analyses of a variety of social and health focused datasets. These datasets originate from a variety of sources including Hunter New England Health, the NSW Department of Health, and the Australian Bureau of Statistics. The timing of the release of these data to third parties is controlled by the owner of these data. It is therefore possible for these organisations to publish data that they have not yet made available to Hunter New England Population Health for analysis and release. Users should therefore check the publications of these organisations as it is possible that they may have published even more up to date information on Hunter New England than those available in this report. As this report is an ongoing project, the indicators presented will be updated as soon as possible after the release of all datasets to Hunter New England Population Health.
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Hunter New England Population Health. Health in Hunter New England. Hunter New England Area Health Service, 2005. Available at:
http://www.hnehealth.nsw.gov.au/HHNE/beh/beh_gpvisit.htm. Accessed (insert date of access).
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Hunter New England Health, with assistance from:
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NSW Health.
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