Table 1.
Client and community health service characteristics, 2009–10, NSW, Australia (N = 1284)
| Characteristic | Participants n (%) |
|---|---|
| Service type |
|
| Aged care |
66 (5.1) |
| Allied health |
300 (23.4) |
| Community child and family healtha |
203 (15.8) |
| Community nurses and other nursing services |
434 (33.8) |
| Diabetes |
106 (8.3) |
| Otherb |
175 (13.6) |
| Gender |
|
| Female |
831 (64.7) |
| Age |
|
| <40 |
304 (23.7) |
| 40-49 |
93 (7.2) |
| 50-59 |
145 (11.3) |
| 60+ |
742 (57.8) |
| SEIFA Index of Disadvantagec |
|
| Lower |
989 (77.0) |
| Higher |
295 (23.0) |
| Client remoteness (ARIA)d |
|
| Major cities |
314 (24.5) |
| Regional/remote towns |
970 (75.6) |
| Number of visits to service in prior 12 monthse |
|
| 1 |
312 (24.4) |
| 2-4 |
312 (24.4) |
| 5-11 |
335 (26.2) |
| 12+ |
321 (25.1) |
| Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islanderf |
|
| Yes |
44 (3.4) |
| Marital statusg |
|
| Living with partner |
752 (58.6) |
| Educationh |
|
| Some high school or less |
361 (28.2) |
| Completed high school |
612 (47.8) |
| Technical certificate or diploma |
171 (13.4) |
| University or college degree, or higher |
137 (10.7) |
| Employment |
|
| Employed |
263 (20.5) |
| Unemployed (or unable to work due to health reasons) |
150 (11.7) |
| Retired |
655 (51.0) |
| Other (e.g. student, home duties) |
216 (16.8) |
| Number of conditions in the prior two months for which client needed to take medication or receive medical attentioni |
|
| 0 |
192 (19.0) |
| 1 |
336 (33.2) |
| 2 |
196 (19.4) |
| 3 |
134 (13.2) |
| 4 or more | 154 (15.2) |
aClients over 18 years of age (e.g. the parent of the child seeing the service).
bOther service types include: rehabilitation, chronic and complex care, women’s services, migrant services, renal/dialysis, and regional health service programs.
c2006 index of relative socio-economic advantage/disadvantage calculated using client postcodes, based on a continuum of advantage (high values, referring to the higher NSW half [>991]) and disadvantage (low values, referring to the lower NSW half [<=991]) [57].
dAccess/Remoteness Index of Australia (ARIA)[58] and was calculated using client postcodes.
eCategories based on quartiles. 4 missing values.
f2 missing values.
g1 missing value.
h3 missing values.
i272 missing values.