Table 5 Utilisation rates of MBS services (per 10,000 population): AHPMCT stand-alone services – Regional Call Centre (Metropolitan):
From: Impact of telephone triage on emergency after hours GP Medicare usage: a time-series analysis
May 98/Apr99 (532,478) | 3548.0 | 6.6 | 2.8 | 0.8 | 0.3 | 0.2 | 1.6 | 0.8 | 0.0 | 0.1 |
May99/Apr00 (536,886) | 3468.4 | 6.6 | 3.2 | 0.9 | 0.4 | 0.1 | 1.5 | 0.5 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
Trial period begins | ||||||||||
May99/Dec00 (539,030) | 3473.4 | 6.6 | 3.4 | 1.0 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 1.0 | 0.7 | 0.0 | 0.0 |