Area‐Level Socioeconomic Status Impacts Health Care Visit Frequency by Australian Patients With Inflammatory Arthritis: Results From the Australian Rheumatology Association Database
Patients with higher SES have relatively fewer GP visits and more specialist physician visits compared with patients with lower SES, suggesting individuals with lower SES may receive suboptimal specialist physician care. OOP costs may be a contributing factor.
Authors
- Rachel J Black (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6600-7430)
- Tom Lynch (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6727-6912)
- Oscar Kenneth Russell (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7134-6362)
- Catherine Hill (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8289-4922)
- Rachelle Buchbinder (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0597-0933)
- Lyn March (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1736-8111)
- Claire Barrett (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0362-0382)
- Sue Lester (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3013-2701)
- Marissa Nichole Lassere
Institutions
- The University of Sydney (AU)
- Royal Adelaide Hospital (AU)
- The University of Queensland (AU)
- Royal North Shore Hospital (AU)
- UNSW Sydney (AU)
- Queen Elizabeth Hospital (AU)
- Northern Sydney Local Health District (AU)
- St George Hospital (AU)
- Monash University (AU)
- The University of Adelaide (AU)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Arthritis Care & Research
- Published
- 2024-10-28
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1002/acr.25456
- Primary Topic
- Rheumatoid Arthritis Research and Therapies
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00