Evaluation of the Better Access to Psychiatrists, Psychologists and GPs through the Medicare Benefits Schedule initiative: component B: an analysis of Medicare Benefits Schedule (MBS) and Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme (PBS) administrative data

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Meredith Harris¹, Jane Pirkis², Philip Burgess¹, Sarah Olesen³, Bridget Bassilios², Justine Fletcher², Grant Blashki⁴, Anthony Scott⁵

Acknowledgments

This evaluation was funded by the Australian Government Department of Health and Ageing. The authors are grateful for the assistance of Ross Saunders, Chris Wall and Peter Woodley (Medicare Financing and Analysis Branch, Department of Health and Ageing) and Rosemary Smith, Marian Wolski and Andrew Kopras (Pharmaceutical Benefits Division, Department of Health and Ageing) in providing the Medicare Benefits Schedule and Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme data used in this evaluation. The authors are also grateful to the Better Access Project Steering Committee for their comments on previous versions of this report.

Footnotes

1. School of Population Health, The University of Queensland.

2. Centre for Health Policy, Programs and Economics, Melbourne School of Population Health, The University of Melbourne.

3. Centre for Mental Health Research, The Australian National University.

4. Melbourne Institute of Applied Economic and Social Research, Faculty of Business and Economics, The University of Melbourne.

5. Nossal Institute for Global Health, The University of Melbourne.

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