Table 3 Utilisation rates of MBS services (per 10,000 population): AHPMCT stand-alone services – Statewide Call Centre (Metropolitan).
From: Impact of telephone triage on emergency after hours GP Medicare usage: a time-series analysis
Feb98/Jan99 (1,398,781) | 3920.6 | 19.1 | 4.8 | 0.7 | 1.2 | 0.0 | 8.5 | 0.6 | 3.3 | 0.0 |
Trial period begins | ||||||||||
Feb99/Jan00 (1,424,036) | 3881.6 | 16.3 | 4.9 | 0.7 | 1.3 | 0.0 | 6.4 | 0.5 | 2.6 | 0.0 |
Feb00/Dec00 (1,449,729) | 3790.0 | 15.7 | 3.9 | 0.5 | 0.8 | 0.0 | 7.5 | 0.2 | 2.6 | 0.0 |