Table 5 Average number and adjusted ratio of Medicare services by Indigenous status
BTOS name | BTOS code | Mean (SD) | Ratio in number of services between Indigenous and non-Indigenous people with cancera | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Indigenous | Non-indigenous | |||
Non-referred attendances – GP/VRGP | 101 | 29 (25.8) | 33.5 (26.8) | 1.04 |
Non-referred attendances – enhanced primary care | 102 | 6.2 (6.4) | 5.3 (5.1) | 1.38*** |
Non-referred attendances – other | 103 | 5.4 (7.9) | 4.4 (7.7) | 1.45*** |
Non-referred attendances – practice nurse items | 110 | 4.5 (6.8) | 3.4 (4.4) | 1.54*** |
Other allied health | 150 | 10 (12.5) | 10.2 (10.6) | 1.07 |
Specialist attendances | 200 | 14 (19.5) | 28.6 (41.8) | 0.51*** |
Anaesthetics | 400 | 2.9 (2.3) | 4.5 (4.5) | 0.62*** |
Pathology collection items | 501 | 32.2 (37.1) | 46.2 (50.2) | 0.78*** |
Pathology tests | 502 | 38.7 (45.5) | 61.3 (85.3) | 0.68*** |
Diagnostic imaging | 600 | 10.7 (9.9) | 14.3 (11.9) | 0.75*** |
Operations | 700 | 6.1 (8.9) | 9.2 (10.7) | 0.71*** |
Assistance at operations | 800 | 1.5 (0.9) | 1.6 (1.1) | 0.90 |
Optometry | 900 | 2.4 (2.2 | 2.7 (2.5) | 0.97 |
Other MBS Services | 1000 | 37.2 (20.8) | 39 (25.3) | 0.93 |
Radiotherapy and therapeutic nuclear medicine | 1100 | 34.9 (36.8) | 44 (50.4) | 1.02 |
All BTOS combined | Â | 177.3 (149.4) | 248.5 (234) | 0.80*** |