AIHW - Patient Experiences - Adults who saw a Dentist, Hygienist or Dental Specialist (%) (PHN) 2014-2017

This dataset presents the footprint of the percentage of adults who saw a dentist, hygienist or dental specialist in the preceding 12 months. The data spans the years of 2013-2017 and is aggregated to 2015 Department of Health Primary Health Network (PHN) areas, based on the 2011 Australian Statistical Geography Standard (ASGS). The data is sourced from the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) 2016-17 Patient Experience Survey, collected between 1 July 2016 and 30 June 2017. It also includes data from previous Patient Experience Surveys conducted in 2013-14, 2014-15 and 2015-16. The Patient Experience Survey is conducted annually by the ABS and collects information from a representative sample of the Australian population. The Patient Experience Survey is one of several components of the Multipurpose Household Survey, as a supplement to the monthly Labour Force Survey. The Patient Experience Survey collects data on persons aged 15 years and over, who are referred to as adults for this data collection. For further information about this dataset, visit the data source:Australian Institute of Health and Welfare - Patient experiences in Australia Data Tables. Please note:

AURIN has spatially enabled the original data using the Department of Health - PHN Areas.

Percentages are calculated based on counts that have been randomly adjusted by the ABS to avoid the release of confidential data.

As an indication of the accuracy of estimates, 95% confidence intervals were produced. These were calculated by the ABS using standard error estimates of the proportion.

Some of the patient experience measures for 2016-17 have age-standardised rates presented. Age-standardised rates are hypothetical rates that would have been observed if the populations studied had the same age distribution as the standard population.

Crude rates are provided for all years. They should be used for understanding the patterns of actual service use or level of experience in a particular PHN.

The Patient Experience Survey excludes persons aged less than 15 years, persons living in non-private dwellings and the Indigenous Community Strata (encompassing discrete Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander communities).

Data for Northern Territory should be interpreted with caution as the Patient Experience Survey excluded the Indigenous Community Strata, which comprises around 25% of the estimated resident population of the Northern Territory living in private dwellings.

NP - Not available for publication. The estimate is considered to be unreliable. Values assigned to NP in the original data have been set to null.