National Healthcare Agreement: PI 58-Patient satisfaction/experience, 2011

a) Number of persons who received a prescription for medication from a GP in the last 12 months where the GP provided reasons for giving the most recent prescription.

b) Number of persons who had a pathology or imaging test in the last 12 months where the referring health professional explained the reasons for most recent test.

c) Number of persons who saw a GP (for their own health) in the last 12 months who waited longer than felt acceptable to get an appointment.

d) Number of persons who were referred to a medical specialist by a GP in the last 12 months who waited longer than they felt acceptable to get an appointment.

a) Total number of persons who received a prescription for medication from a GP in the last 12 months.

b) Total number of persons who were referred to their most recent pathology and/or imaging test by a health professional.

c) Total number of persons who saw a GP (for their own health) in the last 12 months, excluding persons who were interviewed by proxy.

d) Total number of persons who were referred to a medical specialist by a GP in the last 12 months, excluding persons who were interviewed by proxy.

2009—State and territory by a), b), c) and d)

2009—Nationally, by a), b), c) and d), by:

• remoteness
• SEIFA Index of Relative Socioeconomic Disadvantage (IRSD) quintiles.