Table 8 - Medicare

Average value of benefits per service by broad type of service and State/Territory- for services processed from 1 July 2006 to 30 June 2007.

Broad Type of Service	NSW	VIC	QLD	SA	WA	TAS	ACT	NT	Australia
Unreferred Attendances - VR GP	37.51	37.41	37.36	37.88	36.58	36.90	37.10	39.38	37.40
Unreferred Attendances - Enhanced Primary Care	110.03	113.94	115.77	116.17	111.52	124.56	114.85	126.93	112.90
Unreferred Attendances - Other	30.26	31.16	26.34	27.53	28.01	33.27	37.43	40.15	28.93
Unreferred Attendances - Sub Total	39.31	39.18	38.22	39.24	38.14	38.78	38.42	42.05	38.96
Unreferred Attendances - Practice Nurse Items	10.68	10.60	10.58	10.59	10.59	10.66	10.56	10.89	10.62
Unreferred Attendances - Total	$38.57	$38.40	$36.83	$38.19	$36.87	$37.48	$37.53	$40.44	$37.99
Other Allied Health	61.01	63.50	61.16	59.63	70.48	69.62	75.69	68.40	62.72
Specialist Attendances	62.37	61.60	59.56	59.00	57.64	56.77	60.99	55.93	60.88
Obstetrics	157.20	122.34	101.76	87.37	94.08	75.24	205.74	105.95	123.43
Anaesthetics	123.93	114.51	117.79	119.36	119.89	120.09	118.12	121.12	119.23
Pathology Collection Items	11.52	12.30	12.34	10.74	12.24	11.07	11.80	10.80	11.91
Pathology Tests	23.35	22.43	24.51	22.24	23.69	21.66	24.35	23.62	23.28
Pathology - Total	$19.96	$19.32	$20.56	$19.41	$20.31	$18.29	$20.91	$19.67	$19.89
Diagnostic Imaging	113.19	108.79	105.65	106.06	107.22	106.13	111.94	106.31	109.49
Operations	136.02	159.49	129.08	148.67	141.33	162.84	155.11	142.78	141.12
Assistance at Operations	129.67	130.10	126.09	126.91	129.36	140.89	117.88	120.91	128.60
Optometry	43.77	44.02	43.35	43.73	44.69	43.25	44.59	42.44	43.81
Radiotherapy and Therapeutic Nuclear Medicine	152.20	157.31	151.65	153.10	160.42	136.46	121.13	147.71	153.21
Miscellaneous	132.13	127.12	140.76	139.72	145.94	149.45	144.48	201.63	134.74
Total	$46.30	$45.69	$44.53	$45.45	$44.46	$44.86	$45.14	$41.05	$45.51

The benefit figures above represent the benefit processed by Medicare Australia during the financial year 2006/2007. These activity-based benefit figures differ from those reported in the Medicare Australia financial reports, which have been prepared on an accrual accounting basis.

Disclaimer: view the Medicare Australia statistical information disclaimer.

Last updated: 31 October, 2007

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