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 |