Medicare Statistics

Requested Medicare items processed from January 2021 to February 2024

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  State Total
NSW VIC QLD SA WA TAS NT
Services Services Services Services Services Services Services Services
Item Calendar Year 69 11 32 6 17 0 0 135
73812 2021
2022 634 374 371 787 375 253 13 2,807
2023 857 677 484 856 589 513 33 4,009
YTD 2024 222 105 91 85 88 57 11 659
Total 1,782 1,167 978 1,734 1,069 823 57 7,610
73826 Calendar Year 0 0 0 10 2 0 0 12
2022
2023 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1
Total 0 0 1 10 2 0 0 13
All items 69 11 32 6 17 0 0 135
2021
2022 634 374 371 797 377 253 13 2,819
2023 857 677 485 856 589 513 33 4,010
YTD 2024 222 105 91 85 88 57 11 659
Total 1,782 1,167 979 1,744 1,071 823 57 7,623


Important Information

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  • The figures in the report include only those services that are performed by a registered provider, for services that qualify for Medicare Benefit and for which a claim has been processed by Medicare Australia. They do not include services provided by hospital doctors to public patients in public hospitals or services that qualify for a benefit under the Department of Veterans' Affairs National Treatment Account.
  • Services/benefit per capita (ie. per 100,000 population) is calculated by dividing the number of services/benefit processed in a month by the number of people enrolled in Medicare at the end of that month.
  • State/Territory is determined according to the address (at the time of claiming) of the patient to whom the service was rendered.
  • Month is determined by the date the service was processed by Medicare Australia, not the date the service was provided.
  • Monthly figures may vary due to the varying number of processing days in a month, which depends on the number of days in the month, public holidays, overtime worked etc.
  • A financial year is 1 July to 30 June.
  • Detailed information on the Strengthening Medicare - Additional Incentive Item numbers can be found under Table 6 of the Monthly Quarterly Standard Reports. Please note, in this report, the number of services for these item numbers are recorded as '-' because they are not Medicare services, simply an additional payment.

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Last updated: 26 Febuary 2025

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