Proportion of patients aged 45 and over who assessed their health as excellent, very good or good in the preceding 12 months. Based on the question: 'In general, would you say your health is…?' The response options were: 1. Excellent, 2. Very good, 3. Good, 4. Fair, 5. Poor, 6. Not stated.

The sum of calibrated sample weights for patients who answered 'Excellent', 'Very good' or 'Good' to the survey question.

The sum of calibrated sample weights for all responses to the question.

Not stated' was 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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