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Electorate Reports on Health Data

This section of the website contains information on the Department's programs for Commonwealth Electoral Divisions (CED) (2010 boundaries).

Medicare Electorate Statistics

Medicare Bulk Billing Statistics (2010 CED boundaries)

These statistics show by federal electorate –

Non-referred (GP) attendances (excluding practice nurse items): the number of services bulk billed, the total number of services and the percentage of services bulk billed for the 2010-11 financial year of processing.

Medicare bulk billing 2010-11 (PDF 90 KB)
Medicare bulk billing 2010-11 (Word 195 KB)

Original and Extended Medicare Safety Net Statistics (2010 CED boundaries)

These statistics show by federal electorate –

Number of people qualifying for the safety nets: the number of single people who have received a safety net benefit plus the total number of people who are in a registered family unit that has reached the safety net threshold and where at least one family member has received safety net benefits from either the original or extended Medicare safety net or both.

Number of singles who have received a safety net benefit: the number of single people who are not part of a family but who qualified and received a safety net benefit from either the original or extended Medicare safety net, or both.

Number of families who have received a safety net benefit: the number of families who have qualified and where at least one family member has received a safety net benefit from either the original or extended Medicare safety net, or both.

Number of people who have received a safety net benefit: the total number of single people and the total number of people within a family who received a safety net benefit from either the original or extended Medicare safety net, or both.

Total safety net benefits paid: the total of the benefits paid under both the Extended Medicare Safety Net, which was introduced in March 2004, and the original Medicare safety net.

Statistics on Medicare safety nets (all service types), for electorate, for the 2010 calendar year of service, had regard to all claims processed up to and including June 2011.

Medicare safety nets 2010 (PDF 129 KB)
Medicare safety nets 2010 (Word 165 KB)

Notes

Medicare electorate statistics based on 2010 CED boundaries should not be compared with previously published Medicare electorate statistics based on 2007 and 2004 CED boundaries.

Electorate level data should be considered as estimates only. Where possible, PO Box postcodes have been allocated to an electorate using geospatial programs and a PO Box/delivery area postcode file from Australia Post.

Electorate data should not be aggregated to produce state and national totals as some postcode data cannot be allocated to electorate. State and national totals are included in the attached files.

Only health services receiving a Medicare benefit rebate appear in Medicare data sets.

All funding data is in nominal/current dollars of the year in question i.e. not adjusted for price inflation.

Further Information

For further information, or if you are having problems downloading the above files and would like a copy sent to you, please email Statistics@health.gov.au