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Brief Report: Gender and Age of Diagnosis Time Trends in Children with Autism Using Australian Medicare Data
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May, Tamara; Williams, Katrina – Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, 2018
Recent evidence suggests the male predominance in Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) may be decreasing. Secondary analyses of Australian Medicare data (paediatrician/child psychiatrist items for diagnosing ASD before age 13) were used (N = 73,463 unique children from 1-July-2008 to 30-June-2016). Cumulative incidence of ASD in 4-year-olds in 2015/2016…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Autism, Pervasive Developmental Disorders, Children
Australian General Practitioner Uptake of a Remunerated Medicare Health Assessment for People with Intellectual Disability
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Koritsas, Stella; Iacono, Teresa; Davis, Robert – Journal of Intellectual & Developmental Disability, 2012
In 2007 the Australian Commonwealth Government announced the Medicare Health Assessment for People with an Intellectual Disability as part of the Enhanced Primary Care (EPC) program (Department of Health and Ageing, 2008). The annual health assessment is a structured framework for general practitioners (GPs), which enables an annual comprehensive…
Descriptors: Incentives, Mental Retardation, Patients, Identification (Psychology)
Better Access to Psychological Treatments through Medicare: Rejoinder to Carey, Rickwood and Baker
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O'Kearney, Richard; Wilmoth, Deborah – Clinical Psychologist, 2009
The inclusion of evidence-based psychological interventions within Medicare through Better Access addresses an inequity within the Australian health system against people with mental disorders. The question of "Who is qualified to provide these services" is the overriding focus of many commentaries on Better Access within psychology.…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Health Services, Evidence, Psychology
Tying up Some Loose Ends: A Rejoinder's Rejoinder
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Carey, Timothy A.; Rickwood, Debra J.; Baker, Keith – Clinical Psychologist, 2010
This article presents the authors' response to a comment made by O'Kearney and Wilmoth on their article. The authors mention that O'Kearney and Wilmoth's rejoinder contained many positive features and supported the common aim of delivering best practice, improved access and equity, and cost efficiency in psychological therapies. They added that it…
Descriptors: Psychologists, Foreign Countries, Psychology, Psychotherapy
Uptake of Medicare Benefits Schedule Items by Psychologists and Other Mental Health Practitioners
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Whiteford, Harvey A.; Doessel, Darrel P.; Sheridan, Judith S. – Clinical Psychologist, 2008
This paper provides a background to the mental health policy changes introduced by the Council of Australian Governments (COAG) in 2006. It then considers a major Australian Government COAG reform, the revision of the Medicare Benefits Schedule (MBS), by analysing the month-by-month utilisation of the available time-series data for the 17-month…
Descriptors: Psychologists, Mental Health, Occupational Therapy, Social Work
What Does $AUD27,650,523.80 Worth of Evidence Look Like?
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Carey, Timothy A.; Rickwood, Debra J.; Baker, Keith – Clinical Psychologist, 2009
Since its introduction on 1 November 2006 the Better Access initiative has improved the access and affordability to psychological services. The enthusiastic response by Australians has resulted in the production of a large and growing dataset about the way in which psychological treatments are delivered by different professionals in routine…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Psychological Evaluation, Clinical Psychology, Psychologists