Table 3.

Additional direct health care costs incurred due to LHL for those with a chronic condition (by area of health service) in the Blacktown LGA (Domain 6).

Area of Service	Direct Health Care Cost ($)	Direct Health Care Cost (%)
Allied health and other services	481,270	5.3
Diagnostic services	647,041	7.1
General Practitioner	952,366	10.4
Pharmaceutical benefits scheme	1,879,884	20.5
Public hospital admitted patient	3,263,931	35.6
Public hospital emergency department	401,874	4.4
Public hospital outpatient	970,820	10.6
Specialist services	569,221	6.2
Total	9,166,407	100.0