NHPAdatagist

Percentage of adults who delayed or avoided filling a prescription due to cost in the preceding 12 months, by Primary Health Network, 2013–14			
PHN Code	Primary Health Network 	Per cent	95% confidence interval
PHN101	Central and Eastern Sydney	5	(3−7)
PHN102	Northern Sydney	4	(2−6)
PHN103	Western Sydney	6	(4−9)
PHN104	Nepean Blue Mountains	8*	(4−12)
PHN105	South Western Sydney	11	(7−14)
PHN106	South Eastern NSW	8	(5−12)
PHN107	Western NSW	6	(4−8)
PHN108	Hunter New England and Central Coast	8	(6−10)
PHN109	North Coast	9*	(6−13)
PHN110	Murrumbidgee	7	(5−10)
PHN201	North Western Melbourne	7	(5−9)
PHN202	Eastern Melbourne	6	(4−7)
PHN203	South Eastern Melbourne	5	(4−7)
PHN204	Gippsland	6*	(4−9)
PHN205	Murray	9	(7−11)
PHN206	Western Victoria	8	(6−10)
PHN301	Brisbane North	10	(7−12)
PHN302	Brisbane South	12	(9−15)
PHN303	Gold Coast	8	(5−11)
PHN304	Darling Downs and West Moreton	13	(9−17)
PHN305	Western Queensland	NP	NP
PHN306	Central Queensland and Sunshine Coast	9	(7−11)
PHN307	Northern Queensland	10	(8−11)
PHN401	Adelaide	7	(6−9)
PHN402	Country SA	8	(6−11)
PHN501	Perth North	10	(8−12)
PHN502	Perth South	8	(6−11)
PHN503	Country WA	4	(2−6)
PHN601	Tasmania	8	(7−9)
PHN701	Northern Territory (excluding discrete Indigenous communities)	6†	(4−8)
PHN801	Australian Capital Territory	7	(5−9)
			
			
			
NP Not available for publication.			
* Interpret with caution due to small sample size			
†Interpret with caution as survey respondents may not be representative of the population in the Northern Territory. The survey excludes discrete Indigenous communities which comprise 25% of the estimated resident population of the Northern Terriroty and a higher proportion of the survey sample reside in Darwin and Alice Springs (85%) compared to the estimated resident population of these geographic areas (61%).			
Source: Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) Patient Experience Survey 2013–14. 			
Note: Changes in the way the data was collected between 2012–13 and 2013–14 may affect comparability of data over time.