In fiscal year 2023, approximately 66.7 percent of respondents to a survey on patient experiences in Australia received prescriptions for medication from a general practitioner. Since 2011 the share of patients who had received prescriptions each year has remained at or just below 70 percent.
Share of patients who received prescriptions for medication in Australia from financial year 2011 to 2023
Australia's financial year runs from July of one year to June of the following year; for example, the financial year 2017 starts on July 1, 2016 and ends on June 30, 2017
Method of interview
Computer-assisted telephone interviews (CATI)
Supplementary notes
Note: Exact wording of the survey question: "Since last year, has any GP written [you/him/her] a prescription for medication?"
Only includes prescriptions received from a general practitioner.
Survey respondents include only those who are usual residents of private dwellings.
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Australian Bureau of Statistics. (November 21, 2023). Share of patients who received prescriptions for medication in Australia from financial year 2011 to 2023 [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved November 10, 2024, from https://www-statista-com.ezproxy.canberra.edu.au/statistics/987275/australia-patients-with-prescriptions-for-medication/
Australian Bureau of Statistics. "Share of patients who received prescriptions for medication in Australia from financial year 2011 to 2023." Chart. November 21, 2023. Statista. Accessed November 10, 2024. https://www-statista-com.ezproxy.canberra.edu.au/statistics/987275/australia-patients-with-prescriptions-for-medication/
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2023). Share of patients who received prescriptions for medication in Australia from financial year 2011 to 2023. Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: November 10, 2024. https://www-statista-com.ezproxy.canberra.edu.au/statistics/987275/australia-patients-with-prescriptions-for-medication/
Australian Bureau of Statistics. "Share of Patients Who Received Prescriptions for Medication in Australia from Financial Year 2011 to 2023." Statista, Statista Inc., 21 Nov 2023, https://www-statista-com.ezproxy.canberra.edu.au/statistics/987275/australia-patients-with-prescriptions-for-medication/
Australian Bureau of Statistics, Share of patients who received prescriptions for medication in Australia from financial year 2011 to 2023 Statista, https://www-statista-com.ezproxy.canberra.edu.au/statistics/987275/australia-patients-with-prescriptions-for-medication/ (last visited November 10, 2024)
Share of patients who received prescriptions for medication in Australia from financial year 2011 to 2023 [Graph], Australian Bureau of Statistics, November 21, 2023. [Online]. Available: https://www-statista-com.ezproxy.canberra.edu.au/statistics/987275/australia-patients-with-prescriptions-for-medication/
