Aboriginal (1) | Non-Aboriginal (2) | Ratio (1/2) | |
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Total healthcare expenditure on the MBS items in 2 years preceding index admission, CPI adjusted, $(%) | 1,613,868 (2.7) | 58,100,000 (97.3) | |
Mean healthcare cost/person | 1271 ± 1391 | 2238 ± 2319 | 0.57 |
▪ Younger age < 55 | 1134 ± 1360 | 1551 ± 1885 | 0.73 |
▪ 55 years and older | 1532 ± 1412 | 2477 ± 2406 | 0.62 |
▪ Men | 1049 ± 1195 | 2067 ± 2183 | 0.51 |
▪ Women | 1541 ± 1556 | 2670 ± 2582 | 0.58 |
▪ Metro patients | 1454 ± 1424 | 2332 ± 2382 | 0.62 |
▪ Rural patients | 1170 ± 1363 | 1869 ± 2013 | 0.63 |
▪ Incident patients | 1186 ± 1197 | 2099 ± 2178 | 0.56 |
▪ Diabetic patients | 1461 ± 1358 | 3082 ± 2572 | 0.47 |
▪ Chronic kidney disease patients | 1551 ± 1445 | 3079 ± 2667 | 0.50 |