Figure 8: Crude Psychiatrist Medicare-subsidised mental health-related services per 1,000 population, by Remoteness area, 2007–08 to 2015–16
Source: http://mhsa.aihw.gov.au/downloads/data-downloads/
Figure 9: Crude General Practitioner Medicare-subsidised mental health-related services per 1,000 population, by Remoteness area, 2007–08 to 2015–16
Source: http://mhsa.aihw.gov.au/downloads/data-downloads/
Figure 10: Crude Clinical psychologist Medicare-subsidised mental health-related services per 1,000 population, by Remoteness area, 2007–08 to 2015–16
Source: http://mhsa.aihw.gov.au/downloads/data-downloads/
Figure 11: Crude Other psychologist Medicare-subsidised mental health-related services per 1,000 population, by Remoteness area, 2007–08 to 2015–16
Source: http://mhsa.aihw.gov.au/downloads/data-downloads/
Figure 12: Crude other allied health Medicare-subsidised mental health-related services per 1,000 population, by Remoteness area, 2007–08 to 2015–16
Source: http://mhsa.aihw.gov.au/downloads/data-downloads/
Figure 13: Crude “All Providers” Medicare-subsidised mental health-related services per 1,000 population, by Remoteness area, 2007–08 to 2015–16
Source: http://mhsa.aihw.gov.au/downloads/data-downloads/
Table 15: Change in ratio of Medicare-subsidised mental health-related services provision rate, by provider type, by remoteness, 2007-8 compared with 2015–16
Major cities compared with Inner regional areas
MC/IR |
MC/IR |
MC-IR |
MC-IR |
|
Psychiatrists |
1.9 |
1.6 |
55 |
44 |
General practitioners |
1.0 |
1.0 |
-2 |
-6 |
Clinical psychologists |
1.5 |
1.3 |
13 |
24 |
Other psychologists |
1.1 |
1.0 |
3 |
-3 |
Other allied health providers |
1.0 |
0.7 |
0 |
-6 |
All providers(d) |
1.3 |
1.1 |
69 |
53 |
Major cities compared with Outer regional areas
|
MC/OR (07-08) |
MC/OR (15-16) |
MC-OR (07-08) |
MC-OR (15-16) |
Psychiatrists |
4.5 |
2.6 |
89 |
71 |
General practitioners |
1.5 |
1.3 |
21 |
28 |
Clinical psychologists |
3.6 |
2.4 |
26 |
56 |
Other psychologists |
2.0 |
1.6 |
32 |
43 |
Other allied health providers |
1.5 |
1.0 |
2 |
0 |
All providers(d) |
2.5 |
1.7 |
170 |
198 |
Major cities compared with Remote areas
MC/R |
MC/R |
MC-R |
MC-R |
|
Psychiatrists |
7.9 |
4.7 |
100 |
91 |
General practitioners |
2.8 |
2.5 |
40 |
83 |
Clinical psychologists |
6.0 |
5.5 |
31 |
79 |
Other psychologists |
5.2 |
4.4 |
52 |
90 |
Other allied health providers |
7.9 |
2.9 |
4 |
9 |
All providers(d) |
5.1 |
3.7 |
227 |
352 |
Major cities compared with Very remote areas
|
MC/VR (07-08) |
MC/VR (15-16) |
MC-VR (07-08) |
MC-VR (15-16) |
Psychiatrists |
11 |
7 |
104 |
98 |
General practitioners |
5 |
5 |
51 |
111 |
Clinical psychologists |
13 |
11 |
34 |
88 |
Other psychologists |
10 |
8 |
57 |
102 |
Other allied health providers |
21 |
5 |
5 |
11 |
All providers(d) |
9 |
7 |
250 |
409 |
Source: NRHA derived from http://mhsa.aihw.gov.au/downloads/data-downloads/
Note: Red shading indicates an increase in the absolute difference between Major cities rates and local rates. For example, while the service provision rate for clinical psychologists decreased from 13 to 11 times higher in Major cities compared with Very remote areas between 2007-08 and 2015-16, the absolute difference of 34 services in 2007-08 to 88 services in 2015-16 (increasing from 37 to 97 services/1,000 population in Major cities, and from 2.9 to 8.9 services per 1,000 pop in Very remote areas).