Table 6.
Average expenditure and adjusted cost ratio of Medicare service types by Indigenous status
| BTOS name | BTOS code | Mean (SD) co-payment | Adjusted Cost Ratio# | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Indigenous | Non-indigenous | |||
| Non-referred attendances – GP/VRGP | 101 | 73.4 (197) | 162.6 (286) | 0.42*** |
| Non-referred attendances – enhanced primary care | 102 | 0.05 (0.9) | 2 (19.2) | 0.009*** |
| Non-referred attendances – other | 103 | 22.8 (126.9) | 46.9 (120.8) | 0.50* |
| Non-referred attendances – practice nurse items | 110 | 0.09 (1.1) | 0.2 (2) | 0.11 |
| Other allied health | 150 | 19.9 (93.9) | 58.9 (183.8) | 0.33** |
| Specialist attendances | 200 | 260.3 (670.6) | 978.3 (1650.2) | 0.25*** |
| Anaesthetics | 400 | 580.9 (658.6) | 1005.5 (1097.5) | 0.54*** |
| Pathology collection items | 501 | 10.8 (48.1) | 42.1 (128.2) | 0.23*** |
| Pathology tests | 502 | 109.5 (440.5) | 481.1 (1215.2) | 0.21*** |
| Diagnostic imaging | 600 | 112.9 (329) | 400.4 (768.6) | 0.26*** |
| Operations | 700 | 671.3 (1463.7) | 1797.9 (2510.7) | 0.39*** |
| Assistance at operations | 800 | 366.8 (303.3) | 392.1 (345.1) | 0.83 |
| Optometry | 900 | 0.6 (4.9) | 0.9 (5.7) | 2.24 |
| Other MBS Services | 1000 | 159.4 (702.7) | 682.7 (1487.2) | 0.14*** |
| Radiotherapy and therapeutic nuclear medicine | 1100 | 85.8 (495.3) | 375.8 (1233.9) | 0.26*** |
| All BTOS combined | 1191 (3099) | 4639 (6891) | 0.25*** | |
#Adjusted for age at diagnosis, sex, rurality, area-based deprivation quintile, and broad cancer site groupings
*significant at 0.05 level
**significant at 0.01 level
***significant at 0.001 level