Bulk-billing and "GP deserts" are often discussed as one problem. EquiMap brought together 8,081 GP locations, Medicare bulk-billing rates, and SEIFA profile across 515 areas to separate two questions that usually get merged: can people afford a GP, and can they reach one?
Every analysed area, coloured by equity gap, bulk-billing rate, or distance to the nearest GP. Switch layers to see how affordability and access differ across the country.
Four complementary views, affordability and access gradients, an area-by-area scatter, and a ranked reach shortlist, plus a side-by-side summary.
Treating affordability and access as one number hides the real picture. Separating them shows that the system is doing well on affordability for those who need it most, and that the clearest opportunity is bringing services physically closer in remote and regional communities.
For a Primary Health Network or Commonwealth planner, that’s a precise, fundable insight: a ranked list of where a clinic, outreach service, or telehealth program would have the greatest equity impact.
Whatever the service, EquiMap separates "can people afford it" from "can people reach it", and shows you exactly where to act.
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