Original article by Roy Morgan Research
Market Research Update – Page: Online : 31-Aug-16

A Roy Morgan Single Source survey has found that the proportion of Australians paying for a visit to the doctor in an average four-week period has declined over the past decade. In the 12 months to June 2007, 31.8 per cent of Australian adults paid for a doctor’s visit in an average four weeks. By March 2016, this figure had fallen to 27.6 per cent. Unexpectedly, Australians earning between $A150,000 and $A199,999 saw the most dramatic drop in paid doctor’s visits. Between July 2006 and June 2007, nearly 45 per cent of people in this income range paid for a doctor’s visit in an average four weeks. As of June 2016, that figure had declined to 29.8 per cent, a decrease of more than 30 per cent.

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