The following abbreviations are used in this publication:
| ABS | Australian Bureau of Statistics |
| ACT | Australian Standard Geographical Classification |
| AIHW | Australian Institute of Health and Welfare |
| ASGS | Australian Statistical Geographical Standard |
| Aust | Australia |
| CHC | Coordination of Health Care |
| DHS | Department of Human Services |
| ED | hospital emergency department |
| GP | general practitioner |
| IRSAD | Index of Relative Socioeconomic Advantage and Disadvantage |
| MBS | Medicare Benefits Schedule |
| MEDB | Medicare Enrolment Database |
| MoE | Margin of Error |
| NHS | National Health Survey |
| NSW | New South Wales |
| NT | Northern Territory |
| PBS | Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme |
| PEx | Patient Experience Survey |
| PHN | Primary Health Network |
| Qld | Queensland |
| RPBS | Repatriation Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme |
| RSE | relative standard error |
| SA | South Australia |
| SA3 | Statistical Area Level 3 |
| SA4 | Statistical Area Level 4 |
| SE | standard error |
| SEIFA | Socio-economic Indexes for Areas |
| SHC | Survey of Health Care |
| Tas | Tasmania |
| TIS | Translation and Interpreting Service |
| Vic | Victoria |
| WA | Western Australia |