The Influence of Distance on Hospital Usage in Rural New South Wales

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Abstract
A survey of in‐patients and out‐patients at the Coffs Harbour and District Hospital for the years 1972–3 and 1973–4 showed that the use made of a general health care facility is partly a function of its siting in that the chances of admission diminish the further a patient lives from a hospital. Moreover, the hospital out‐patient department appears to serve as a primary health care facility for a substantial proportion of the population. The planning implications of these two findings are discussed.

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