National Healthcare Agreement: PI 32-Patient satisfaction/experience, 2013

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

b) 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.

c) Number of persons who saw a GP in the last 12 months who reported the GP always or often: listened carefully to them; showed respect; and spent enough time with them (calculated separately for each category).

d) Number of persons who saw a medical specialist in the last 12 months who reported the medical specialist always or often: listened carefully to them; showed respect; and spent enough time with them.

e) Number of persons who saw a dental practitioner in the last 12 months who reported the dental practitioner always or often: listened carefully to them; showed respect; and spent enough time with them.

f) Number of persons who went to a hospital emergency department in the last 12 months who reported the ED doctors or specialists always or often: listened carefully to them; showed respect; and spent enough time with them.

g) Number of persons who went to a hospital emergency department in the last 12 months who reported ED nurses always or often: listened carefully to them; showed respect; and spent enough time with them.

h) Number of persons admitted to a hospital in the last 12 months who reported doctors or specialists always or often: listened carefully to them; showed respect; and spent enough time with them.

a) & c) Total number of persons who saw a GP for their own health in the last 12 months.

b) Total number of persons who were referred to a medical specialist by a GP in the last 12 months.

d) Total number of persons who saw a medical specialist in the last 12 months.

e) Total number of persons who saw a dental practitioner in the last 12 months.

f) & g) Total number of persons who went to a hospital emergency department in the last 12 months.

2011–12—State and territory by a) to i), by:

• remoteness (Australian Standard Geographical Classification Remoteness Structure).

2011–12—Nationally, by a) to i), by:

• SEIFA Index of Relative Socio-Economic Disadvantage (IRSD) deciles.
• remoteness (Australian Standard Geographical Classification Remoteness Structure).