The number of occasions of service for First Nations people, per 1,000 population, under the Medical Outreach Indigenous Chronic Disease Program: Measure 4.4.3
Outreach programs are designed to address the uneven distribution of the health workforce and to improve access to eye health services across Australia. (Figure 63)
Latest data
In 2022–23, eye health professionals provided a total of 11,662 occasions of service for First Nations patients under the Medical Outreach Indigenous Chronic Disease program (MOICDP).
By jurisdiction
Services were provided to First Nations patients in 7 jurisdictions. The highest rate of First Nations occasions of service provided by professionals for eye health under the MOICDP was in Western Australia (285.6 per 10,000) (Figure 63 – jurisdiction).
Time trend
In 2014–15, around 550 First Nations occasions of services were provided by health professionals for eye health under the MOICDP. This number increased to 11,662 in 2022–23 (Figure 63 – time trend).