Impact of the Medicare Benefits Schedule Rebate (MBSR) freeze on General Practice (GP) use: multivariable regression analysis.

ABSTRACT:

Background

In 2015, the Australian government froze the Medicare Benefits Schedule Rebate (MBSR) for General Practitioner (GP) service use. This paper aimed to explore the impact of the MBSR freeze on the demand for GP services in Victoria, Australia, for three years, from 2014 to 2016.

Method

Annual data on GP service utilisation by the Victorian State Statistical Area Level 3 (SA3) were analysed using 2015 as the reference year (MBSR freeze year). We compared annual per-person GP service use before and after the MBSR freeze for each SA3. Socioeconomic Indexes for Areas (SEIFA) scores and regions of Victoria (Greater Melbourne and the Rest of Victoria) were used to identify the most disadvantaged SA3s in Victoria. We conducted a multivariable regression analysis for the num

SUBMITTER: Mudiyanselage SB 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10249270 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature