Australia and New Zealand Health Policy

Table 3 Applications & References – Duration of Assessment

From: The Australian experiment: the use of evidence based medicine for the reimbursement of surgical and diagnostic procedures (1998–2004)

	Applications		References
	Number	Percentage	Number	Percentage
1 – 12 months	20	27%	5	15%
13 – 18 months	26	35%	11	32%
19 – 24 months	15	20%	7	21%
25 – 36 months	12	16%	7	21%
36 + months	1	1%	4	12%
Total	74	100%	34	100%
Average (months)	17.8		22
Range (months)	3 – 55		6 – 52

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