Statistical Area Level 4 (SA4) comparisons
Notes
- This section reflects the number and proportion of health check patients who received a follow-up service in the 12 months following their health check, by the year that their health check was delivered.
Some people who have health checks will not need follow-up services. If it were possible, excluding those individuals from the denominator could potentially increase the percentages markedly and reveal different variation.
Some records from a small number of service providers have been excluded due to data quality concerns.
Geographic information
This analysis is based on the postcode of the patient’s given mailing address. As a result, the data may not always reflect where the person actually lived – particularly for people who use PO boxes. This is likely to impact some areas more than others and will also have a generally greater impact on the accuracy of smaller geographic areas and more remote areas.
Latest data
Among health check patients in 2022:
- Brisbane North had the highest proportion of health check patients going on to receive a follow-up within 12 months, at 67% (1,200 patients with a follow-up).
- Sydney – Northern Beaches had the lowest follow-up percentage, at 13% (10 patients with a follow-up).
Figure 21: Use of follow-up services among health check patients, by Statistical Area Level 4 (SA4), by year of health check, 2018 to 2022
A set of 3 interactive graphs. Refer to table FS08 in data tables. A long description is available below.
A set of 3 interactive charts. The first is a bar graph showing the proportion of health check patients who had a follow-up within 12 months of their health check, by Statistical Area Level 4. The second is a map showing follow-up percentage, by Statistical Area Level 4. The third is a line graph showing follow-up percentage between 2018 and 2022, by Statistical Area Level 4. Refer to table FS08 in data tables.