Table 1.
Data for Australian adult persistent pain services by population, clinical activity, service type, and funding sources
| State or Region | Adult Population* | No. of Patients Seen | No. (%) of Services | IASP Classification Level |
Funding |
Services with PMGPs | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | >90% Public | >90% Private | Combined | |||||
| National | 19,966,901 | 36,650 | 64 (100) | 44 (69) | 14 (22) | 6 (9) | 37 (58) | 20 (31) | 7 (11) | 53 (83) |
| ACT | 332,052 | 900 | 1 (1.5) | — | 1 (100) | — | — | 1 (100) | — | 1 (100) |
| QLD | 3,961,732 | 3,279 | 6 (10) | 6 (100) | — | — | 5 (83) | 1 (17) | — | 6 (100) |
| NSW | 6,396,242 | 8,467 | 18 (28) | 13 (72) | 5 (28) | — | 13 (72) | 3 (17) | 2 (11) | 16 (89) |
| NT | 192,356 | 242 | 3 (5) | 1 (33) | 1 (33) | 1 (33) | 2 (67) | 1 (33) | — | 1 (33) |
| SA | 1,417,961 | 3,577 | 4 (6) | 3 (75) | — | 1 (25) | 2 (40) | 2 (60) | — | 3 (75) |
| VIC | 5,157,216 | 16,693 | 27 (42) | 17 (63) | 6 (22) | 4 (15) | 13 (55) | 10 (32) | 4 (13) | 22 (81) |
| TAS | 427,391 | 500 | 1 (1.5) | 1 (100) | — | — | 1 (100) | — | — | 1 (100) |
| WA | 2,078,147 | 4,479 | 4 (6) | 3 (75) | 1 (25) | — | 1 (40) | 2 (40) | 1 (20) | 3 (75) |
| Region | ||||||||||
| Urban | 30,720 | 48 (75) | 35 (73) | 8 (17) | 5 (10) | 24 (50) | 18 (38) | 6 (12) | 40 (83) | |
| Provincial | 5,930 | 16 (25) | 9 (56) | 6 (38) | 1 (6) | 13 (81) | 2 (13) | 1 (6) | 13 (81) | |
IASP = International Association for the Study of Pain; IASP classification Level 1=multidisciplinary pain (MDP) management center with several disciplines, education, and research; IASP classification Level 2=MDP clinic but without research and/or teaching; IASP classification Level 3=pain clinic without multidisciplinary or interdisciplinary care or modality-oriented clinic using single practice or pain management modality; PMGP = pain management group program; ACT = Australian Capital Territory; QLD = Queensland; NSW = New South Wales; NT = Northern Territory; SA = South Australia; VIC = Victoria; TAS = Tasmania; WA = Western Australia.
Figures are N (%).
Australian Bureau of Statistics estimation from September 2017, released March 2018, population aged ≥15 years. An estimated 33% of the adult population resides in provincial areas (2016).