Aura 2016 Supplementary data

Table S3.6 Region of residence and socioeconomic status for patients prescribed systemic antibiotics in the community, 2014

Measure	Category	Percentage of patients prescribed systemic antibiotics^a
Jurisdiction	New South Wales	33.8
Jurisdiction	Queensland	30.1
Jurisdiction	Tasmania	30.4
Jurisdiction	Victoria	29.0
Jurisdiction	Australian Capital Territory, Northern Territory and Western Australia	26.3
Remoteness	Major cities	31.1
Remoteness	Inner regional	28.2
Remoteness	Outer regional, remote and very remote	29.3
Socioeconomic status (SEIFA quintile)	1–2 (most disadvantaged)	31.3
Socioeconomic status (SEIFA quintile)	3–4	28.7
Socioeconomic status (SEIFA quintile)	5–6	30.5
Socioeconomic status (SEIFA quintile)	7–8	30.7
Socioeconomic status (SEIFA quintile)	9–10 (most advantaged)	30.5

SEIFA = Socio-Economic Indexes for Areas

a Percentage of patients visiting a general practitioner at a clinically representative practice who had one or more prescriptions for systemic antibiotics ordered in 2014

Source: NPS MedicineWise, MedicineInsight Post Market Surveillance Report 3, February 2015.

Figure S3.1 Most commonly dispensed antibiotics in the community, by age group (3-point moving average), quarter 3, 2012 – quarter 4, 2014

Sources: Drug Utilisation Sub Committee; PBS

Table S3.7 Residential aged care facilities participating in the Aged Care National Antimicrobial Prescribing Survey pilot, by jurisdiction, remoteness and provider type, 2015

Measure	Category	Number (%)
State	New South Wales	17 (9.1)
State	Queensland	7 (3.8)
State	South Australia	8 (4.3)
State	Tasmania	6 (3.2)
State	Victoria	130 (69.9)
State	Western Australia	18 (9.7)
Remoteness	Major cities	51 (27.4)
Remoteness	Inner regional	81 (43.5)
Remoteness	Outer regional	45 (24.2)
Remoteness	Remote	8 (4.3)
Remoteness	Very remote	1 (0.5)
Provider type	Not for profit	37 (19.9)
Provider type	charitable	9
Provider type	religious	20
Provider type	community based	8
Provider type	Government owned	141 (75.8)
Provider type	state government	140
Provider type	local government	1
Provider type	Private	8 (4.3)
Total	na	186 (100.0)

na = not applicable

Source: acNAPS, 2015