This webpage utility allows Medicare Benefit Schedule (MBS) reports to be generated for Victorian women. Data can be reported by MBS groups such as professional attendances, diagnostic procedures and investigations, therapeutic procedures, oral and maxillofacial services, diagnostic imaging services, pathology services, cleft lip and cleft palate services.  Further Info

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http://www.medicareaustralia.gov.au/statistics/dyn_mbs/forms/mbsgtab4.shtml

Data from the General Social Survey reports the proportion of Victorian women who have difficulty accessing service providers and the reasons the services were hard to access including; transport/distance, cost of service, no services in area or inadequate services in area of residence. Data is also available for the type of service (government/private/non-profit) found hard to access and whether there was difficulty communicating with the service provider.  Further Info

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http://www.abs.gov.au/AUSSTATS/abs@.nsf/mf/4159.2.55.001

The Australian Longtitudinal Study on Women's Health examines the poorer health outcomes for women outside of major cities.  The three main themes include the generally poorer health of women living in regional and remote areas, the differences in access to and use of a wide range of health services and the resilience of rural women and characteristics of life in rural communities.  This report strongly suggest that higher levels of BMI (and prevelence of obesity) in regional and remote areas account for the higher rates of for the higher rates of diabetes and other risk factors for cardiovascular disease. This is an area where effective health promotion targeted to rural women could reduce health inequality.  This study found that for most medical and other health services, use is much lower in remote and regional areas and women experience considerably more difficulties with access that in major cities.  The study also revealed scores for neighbourhood connectedness, feeling safe and life satisfaction were highest in remote areas and decreased with increasing nearness to major cities.  Further Info

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http://www.alswh.org.au/publications-and-reports/major-reports

This report provides information about Australian women's experiences of health services. Data includes the percentage of women who delayed seeing a GP or specialist because of cost, who delayed seeing a GP because there were no after-hours GPs available or because of waiting time. It also includes information about the percentage of Australian women who delayed getting medciations because of cost, who have seen a GP for urgent medical care, or thought their emergency care could have been provided by a GP.    Further Info

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http://www.abs.gov.au/AUSSTATS/abs@.nsf/DetailsPage/4839.0.55.0012009?OpenDocument

This report examines health literacy using information from the 2006 Adult Literacy and Life Skills Survey (ALLS). Health literacy generally increased from the 15 to 19 years age group up to the 35 to 39 years age group, and then generally decreased for those aged 40 years and over. Both males and females achieved similar levels of health literacy overall.
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Take me to the external Data Source

http://www.abs.gov.au/AUSSTATS/abs@.nsf/Lookup/4233.0Main+Features12006?OpenDocument