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Table 1 Characteristics of each community and those interviewed

From: No longer ‘flying blind’: how access has changed emergency mental health care in rural and remote emergency departments, a qualitative study

Community

Interviews

Remoteness category*

Level of use of MHEC-RAP**

 

N = 12

Provider

 

(High/Medium/Low)

1

3

ED/GP

Inner Regional

High

2

1

ED

Inner Regional

High

3

3

ED

Outer Regional

Medium

4

1

ED

Outer Regional

High

5

3

ED

Remote

Low

6

1

ED

Remote

Medium

  1. *as determined by the Australian Standard Geographical Classification.
  2. **actual use of MHEC-RAP clinical services from the ED in 2011; High ≥ 50 clinical services, Medium = 10-49, Low < 10.