|
Practice descriptor
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A
|
B
|
C
|
|---|
|
SEIFAa
|
981
|
1003
|
939
|
|
AEDIb (%)
|
22.1
|
18.3
|
39.5
|
|
Practice population (baseline)
|
3950
|
9700
|
19750
|
|
Population eligible children (baseline)
|
575
|
1580
|
2600
|
|
Billingc
|
Mixed (some out-of-pocket fees)
|
Bulk billing only
|
Bulk billing only
|
|
Ownership
|
Privately owned
|
Privately owned
|
Privately owned
|
|
GPs
|
4
|
4
|
6
|
|
Practice Nurse
|
1
|
1
|
3
|
- aSocio-economic Index for Areas (SEIFA) has a national average of 1000 with increasing disadvantage as values decrease. SEIFA is a suite of four indexes that have been created from social and economic Census information. Each index ranks geographic areas across Australia in terms of their relative socio-economic advantage and disadvantage [10]
- bAEDI = Australian Early Developmental Index: Developmentally vulnerable on 1 or more domains- Victorian average 19.5 % [11]
- c‘Bulk Billing’ No out-of-pocket fees for the patient. All practices bulk billed HKCs
