The challenges of trying to increase preventive healthcare for children in general practice: results of a feasibility study

Table 5 Population, billing type, ownership and clinicians servicing practices A, B and C

Practice descriptor	A	B	C
SEIFA^a	981	1003	939
AEDI^b (%)	22.1	18.3	39.5
Practice population (baseline)	3950	9700	19750
Population eligible children (baseline)	575	1580	2600
Billing^c	Mixed (some out-of-pocket fees)	Bulk billing only	Bulk billing only
Ownership	Privately owned	Privately owned	Privately owned
GPs	4	4	6
Practice Nurse	1	1	3

^aSocio-economic Index for Areas (SEIFA) has a national average of 1000 with increasing disadvantage as values decrease. SEIFA is a suite of four indexes that have been created from social and economic Census information. Each index ranks geographic areas across Australia in terms of their relative socio-economic advantage and disadvantage [10]
^bAEDI = Australian Early Developmental Index: Developmentally vulnerable on 1 or more domains- Victorian average 19.5 % [11]
^c‘Bulk Billing’ No out-of-pocket fees for the patient. All practices bulk billed HKCs

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