- Title
- Increased bulk-billing for general practice consultations in regional and remote areas, 2002-2008
- Creator
- Dolja-Gore, Xenia; Byles, Julie E.; Loxton, Deborah J.; Hockey, Richard L.; Dobson, Annette J.
- Relation
- Medical Journal of Australia Vol. 195, Issue 4, p. 203-204
- Relation
- https://www.mja.com.au/journal/2011/195/4
- Publisher
- Australasian Medical Publishing Company
- Resource Type
- journal article
- Date
- 2011
- Description
- Equitable access to health care in Australia is facilitated by bulk-billing so that patients incur no out-of-pocket costs for medical services. From 1995 to 2001, there was a steady decline in bulk-billing of general practice consultations and rates of bulk-billing were lower for women living in rural areas than for those from urban areas. In 2004, Medicare incentives for bulk-billing were introduced — additional rebates for bulk-billed services provided to concession card holders or children under 16 years, and a higher rebate for services provided to eligible patients in rural and remote areas, selected metropolitan areas with a shortage of general practitioners or low bulk-billing rates, or anywhere in Tasmania. We assessed the bulk-billing rates for participants in the Australian Longitudinal Study on Women’s Health following the introduction of these items.
- Subject
- bulk-billing; general practice; patients; costs; Medicare
- Identifier
- http://hdl.handle.net/1959.13/1051787
- Identifier
- uon:15313
- Identifier
- ISSN:1326-5377
- Language
- eng
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