Proportion of patients aged 45 and over who felt that, in the preceding 12 months, their usual GP or others in their usual place of care asked about things in their work or life that affect their health. Based on the question: 'In the last 12 months, did your usual GP or others in your usual place of care ask you about things in your work or life that affect your health?' The response options were: 1. Yes always, 2. Yes usually, 3. Yes sometimes, 4. No never, 5. Not stated, 6. Not applicable.

The sum of calibrated sample weights for patients who answered 'Yes always', 'Yes usually' or 'Yes sometimes' to the survey question.

The sum of calibrated sample weights for all responses to the question by patients with a usual place of care and/or a usual GP and visited either of them in the previous 12 months.

No never', 'Not stated' and 'Not applicable' were excluded from the denominator.

Results are presented as crude rates due to the small differences with direct age-standardisation rates (to the Australian estimated resident population) which are less appropriate for the focus on patient-reported experience measures.

By Primary Health Network (PHN), sex, age group in years (45-54, 55-64, 65-74, 75-84, 85+), remoteness area (major cities, inner regional, outer regional, remote/very remote), main language spoken at home (English, other language), private health insurance coverage, highest level of educational attainment, self-assessed patient health status, number of long-term health conditions (none, 1, 2, 3 or more).

The Survey of Health Care 2016

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