| Hospital episodes2 | ED presentations | MBS rebate3 | PBS rebates | Patient co-payment4 | |||||
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Ratio | Estimate (SE) | Ratio | Estimate (SE) | Ratio | Estimate (SE) | Ratio | Estimate (SE) | Ratio | Estimate (SE) | |
Intercept |  | 8.5519 (0.0483) *** | – | 5.4363 (0.0728) *** | – | 5.7499 (0.0382) *** | – | 6.8536 (0.0721) *** | – | 4.7398 (0.0593) *** |
Age | 1.01 | 0.0062 (0.0005) *** | 1.01 | 0.0103 (0.0008) *** | 1.00 | −0.0021 (0.0004) *** | 0.99 | −0.0109 (0.0008) *** | 1.00 | 0.0033 (0.0006) *** |
Female | 0.88 | −0.1267 (0.0167) *** | 0.95 | −0.0537 (0.0262) * | 0.95 | −0.0551 (0.0129) *** | 0.85 | −0.1597 (0.0234) *** | 0.98 | −0.0214 (0.0192) |
Indigenous Australians | 1.02 | 0.0220 (0.0525) | 1.23 | 0.2095 (0.0752) ** | 0.92 | −0.0888 (0.0402) * | 0.82 | −0.1928 (0.0735) ** | 0.39 | −0.9315 (0.0619) *** |
Inner and outer regional area | 1.04 | 0.0364 (0.0165) * | 1.02 | 0.0196 (0.0275) | 0.99 | −0.0138 (0.0126) | 1.04 | 0.0366 (0.0231) | 0.94 | −0.0571 (0.0189) ** |
Remote and very remote area | 1.10 | 0.0947 (0.0268) *** | 1.03 | 0.0322 (0.0454) | 0.90 | −0.1092 (0.0207) *** | 1.10 | 0.0912 (0.0381) * | 0.98 | −0.0219 (0.0311) |
IRSD5 Q2 | 1.02 | 0.0214 (0.0373) | 1.00 | 0.0004 (0.0626) | 1.07 | 0.0675 (0.0289) * | 1.05 | 0.0474 (0.0519) | 1.00 | −0.0026 (0.0432) |
IRSD5 Q3 | 0.98 | −0.0232 (0.0279) | 1.01 | 0.0097 (0.0420) | 1.08 | 0.0805 (0.0216) *** | 1.11 | 0.1053 (0.0389) ** | 1.00 | −0.0020 (0.0324) |
IRSD5 Q4 | 0.95 | −0.0510 (0.0250) * | 0.98 | −0.0215 (0.0368) | 1.18 | 0.1642 (0.0193) *** | 1.17 | 0.1582 (0.0348) *** | 1.23 | 0.2033 (0.0289) *** |
IRSD5 Q5 (least disadvantaged) | 0.93 | −0.0700 (0.0293) * | 0.94 | −0.0603 (0.0467) | 1.00 | 0.0016 (0.0226) | 1.19 | 0.1703 (0.0411) *** | 1.32 | 0.2746 (0.0338) *** |