Table 1.

Characteristics of each community and those interviewed

Community	Interviews		Remoteness category*	Level of use of MHEC-RAP**
	N = 12	Provider		(High/Medium/Low)
1	3	ED/GP	Inner Regional	High
2	1	ED	Inner Regional	High
3	3	ED	Outer Regional	Medium
4	1	ED	Outer Regional	High
5	3	ED	Remote	Low
6	1	ED	Remote	Medium

*as determined by the Australian Standard Geographical Classification.

**actual use of MHEC-RAP clinical services from the ED in 2011; High ≥ 50 clinical services, Medium = 10-49, Low < 10.