Table 1.
People dispensed and prescribers of Australian government subsidized PrEP between April 2018 and September 2021
| A: People dispensed PrEP | ||
|---|---|---|
| Total | 49,164 | |
| Female, n (%) | 890 | (1.8%) |
| Age, mdn (IQR) a | 34 | (27–43) |
| Concessional subsidy, n (%) b | 9585 | (19.5%) |
| Follow‐up, months (IQR) | 28.3 | (16.0–26.1) |
| Days on PrEP, mdn (IQR) c | 270 | (90–630) |
| Resident location of patients a | ||
| Area with gay prevalence which is estimated as d : | ||
| Low | 15,799 | (32.7%) |
| Medium | 18,465 | (38.2%) |
| High | 14,096 | (29.5%) |
| Australian state or territory | ||
| NSW | 19,266 | (39.2%) |
| Vic | 14,222 | (29.0%) |
| QLD | 8150 | (16.6%) |
| SA | 2133 | (4.3%) |
| WA | 3299 | (6.7%) |
| ACT | 1163 | (2.4%) |
| NT | 320 | (0.6%) |
| Tas | 601 | (1.2%) |
| Urban location | ||
| Major cities | 42.047 | (85.6%) |
| Inner regional | 4864 | (9.9%) |
| Outer Regional | 1980 | (4.0%) |
| Remote, very remote | 247 | (0.5%) |
| Total | 14,737 | |
| Number of prescribers with a patient caseload of e : | ||
| 1–10 | 13,025 | (88.4%) |
| 11–100 | 936 | (6.6%) |
| > 100 | 776 | (1.7%) |
| Range 1–1931 patients per prescriber | ||
| Number of prescribers practising in area with gay prevalence which is estimated as: d | ||
| Low | 5634 | (40.0%) |
| Medium | 5979 | (42.4%) |
| High | 2491 | (17.7%) |
| Patients of prescribers | ||
| Patients of a prescriber whose PrEP caseload is e , f : | ||
| 1–10 | 8205 | (16.7%) |
| 11–100 | 9216 | (18.8%) |
| > 100 | 31,473 | (64.6%) |
| Patients with prescriber practising in district with gay prevalence which is estimated as d , f : | ||
| Low | 5564 | (11.6%) |
| Medium | 13,104 | (27.4%) |
| High | 29,235 | (61.0%) |
a
At the time of the first PrEP supply.
b
Any PrEP supply during the study period with higher concessional subsidy.
c
One dispensed tablet of PrEP equals 1 day on PrEP.
d
Estimated prevalence of gay men in area of patient residence and prescriber practice: low <1.0%, medium 1–5.0% and high >5%.
e
Number of individual patients with prescriptions dispensed from each prescriber.
f
Where one individual has been dispensed prescriptions from more than one prescriber, the higher caseload and the higher gay prevalence practice location is assigned.