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Topic 3:Health care servicesIn contrast to the first twotopics which focused onmen’s and women’s patternsof injury and disease, Topic3 focuses on indicators ofhealth service experience.The most common problem cited bywomen who experienced difficultiesaccessing health care in 2010 wasGeneral Practitioner waiting times.3.1 Patient satisfaction with health servicesCurrent positionThe direction of changeover timeDiscussionIn 2009, 90 percent of NSW women patients reported that the overallhealth care they received was ‘excellent’, ‘very good’ or ‘good’,compared to 91 percent of men.However, in 2010 a higher proportion of women (21 percent) experienceddifficulties getting health care, compared with men (15 percent).Gender gap:• Similar percentages of men and women report satisfaction with the overallcare, but women report more difficulty getting access to health care.There was a small improvement in women’s overall perceptions of care from2007 (the first year of the survey), when 87 percent of women reported apositive score.Both men and women reported difficulties accessing health services morefrequently over the period 2007 to 2010.The most common problem cited by women who experienced difficultiesaccessing health care in 2010 was General Practitioner (GP) waiting times.It should be noted that women more frequently accompany children and otherfamily members to GPs, where waiting times and access may be issues.Annual surveys are conducted by NSW Health to gain information from patients about their experiences with publichealth care services. Overnight hospital patients, community health clients, and a range of day-only and outpatientsare included. Patients score the care they received as ‘good’, ‘very good’ or ‘excellent’. Data on difficulty accessinghealth care is drawn from NSW Health’s household telephone survey.Year collected: Multiple years.Data source: NSW Health Patient Survey 2007 and 2009; 2010 NSW Population Health Survey (HOIST). Centre for Epidemiology and Evidence, NSW Ministry of Health.More information is available at www.healthstats.nsw.gov.au24 WOMEN IN NSW 2012 | HEALTH AND WELLBEING
3.2 Women taking part in screening activitiesBiennial screening rate – women in the target groups for breast cancer and cervical cancerCurrent positionThe direction of changeover timeDiscussionOf NSW women aged 50 to 69 years, 53 percent were screened forbreast cancer in 2009-10.Of NSW women aged 20 to 69 years, 56 percent were screened forcervical cancer in 2009-10.Breast cancer: the proportion of women aged 50 to 69 years screenedreached a high point of 56 percent in 2006-07, then decreased insubsequent years.Cervical cancer: the proportion of women aged 20 to 69 years screenedreached a high point of 59 percent at the end of the 1990s and in the early2000s, then fell off slightly.The incidence of new cases of breast cancer has been increasing, but thedeath rate has been decreasing.The number of new cases and the death rate from cervical cancer have bothsteadily decreased in NSW in the last two decades.Screening is considered to be an effective population-based method for reducing mortality and morbidity related tocancer, by detecting it early. NSW Health aims to screen, on a two-yearly basis, 50 to 69 year old women for breastcancer and 20 to 69 year old women for cervical cancer. Breast cancer is the most common women’s cancer in NSWand cervical cancer is the 14th most common.Year collected: 2009-10 and earlier years.Data source: BreastScreen NSW and Australian Institute of Health and Welfare (AIHW) analysis of state and territory cervical cytology register data.More information is available at www.healthstats.nsw.gov.au and www.aihw.gov.auThe incidence of new cases of breastcancer has been increasing, but the deathrate has been decreasing.The number of new cases and the deathrate from cervical cancer have bothsteadily decreased in NSW in the lasttwo decades.WOMEN IN NSW 2012 | HEALTH AND WELLBEING25
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Page 8: Executive summaryIntroductionThis r
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Page 21 and 22: Fertility and birthsSince the baby
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Focus on payOn average, men earn mo
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How doesNSW compare?The ABS publish
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Leadership andrepresentationThis ch
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Marital statusWhat more can we lear
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How doesNSW compare?The ABS publish
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Safety andaccess to justiceThe majo
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