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Table 2 Health services: data source, date and number of health services collected

From: Comparing private and public transport access to diabetic health services across inner, middle, and outer suburbs of Melbourne, Australia

Type of health service

Health service

Data source

Data collection date

Number of services geo-coded

Primary

Dieticians

Victoria Health Services Directory

2015

n = 457 (Melbourne’s LGA’s and LGA’s adjacent to Melbourne)

Primary

GPs

Victoria Health Services Directory

2012

n = 1818 (across all of Victoria)

Primary

Optometry

Axiom business points from Pitney Bowes

2014

n = 853 (across all of Victoria)

Primary

Pharmacy

Axiom business points from Pitney Bowes

2014

n = 1930 (across all of Victoria)

Primary

Podiatry

Victoria Health Services Directory

2015

N = 221 (across all of Victoria)

Primary

Physiotherapy

Axiom business points from Pitney Bowes

2014

n = 919 (across all of Victoria)

Secondary

Diabetic educators

Australian Diabetes Education Association

2015

n = 213 (services included within a 200 km radius from Melbourne’s CBD)

Secondary

Endocrinologists

Victoria Health Services Directory

2015

n = 132 (Melbourne’s LGA’s and LGA’s adjacent to Melbourne)