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Table 7 Utilisation rates of MBS services (per 10,000 population) – AHPMCT embedded services – Deputising Service.

From: Impact of telephone triage on emergency after hours GP Medicare usage: a time-series analysis

Oct97/Sep98 (229,593)

3888.5

39.9

9.6

12.7

2.2

0.5

7.1

5.4

2.3

0.1

Oct98/Sep99 (229,223)

3799.4

35.4

8.6

12.3

1.8

0.5

4.9

4.4

2.7

0.1

Trial period begins*

Oct99/Sep00 (229,019)

3721.4

22.3

5.8

10.9

0.6

0.3

1.4

3.2

0.1

0.2

  1. * excludes unbilled services provided by the Deputising Service. If these are included there were 24.3 per 10,000 after hours services provided in Oct99/Sep00. Data including for unbilled services not available for other than total after hours services.
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