Development of a health care policy characterisation model based on use of private health insurance

Table 5 Classification of federal policy effects on trends in age group related annual proportion of episodes by payment classification

Federal cut point	Age Group
	0 – 16 Years			17 – 39 Years			40 – 69 Years			70+ Years
	Public	Private Insured	Private Uninsured	Public	Private Insured	Private Uninsured	Public	Private Insured	Private Uninsured	Public	Private Insured	Private Uninsured
F1	No trend data available prior to 1980*
F2	Type 2	Type 2	Type 2	Type 2	Type 2	Type 3	Type 2	Type 2	Type 2	Type 2	Type 2	Type 3
F3	Type 3	Type 3		Type 2	Type 2
F4							Type 1	Type 1
F5	Type 2	Type 2		Type 1		Type 3	Type 2	Type 2
F6	Type 1	Type 3								Type 1	Type 1
F7				Type 1	Type 2		Type 1	Type 2		Type 3	Type 3
F8	Type 1	Type 1	Type 3	Type 1	Type 1	Type 1	Type 1	Type 1	Type 1

* Since no data was available about the trend 1979–1980 the classification of this policy was not possible. However, in the known historical setting sudden removal of free public hospital care it would be most likely that this policy was a type 1 (direction changing).
Type 1: Direction changing, Type 2: Magnitude changing, Type 3: Inhibitory
Shaded areas indicate no observable effect from the policy change.