Publications Australian Institute of Health and Welfare: Coordination of health care: experiences of barriers to accessing health services among patients aged 45 and over

Having timely access to health-care professionals when a person needs it is crucial to preventing, treating and managing health conditions. In 2016, 1 in 4 patients did not see a GP, and 1 in 8 patients did not see a specialist, even when they felt they needed to. This report looks at the associations between selected patient characteristics and self-reported experiences of barriers to accessing GPs and specialists.