Australia - private medical insurance cover share by policy and gender 2018

This statistic depicts the results of a survey regarding the share of respondents with private health insurance cover in Australia in financial year 2018, by policy and gender. In that year, around 43.4 percent of male and 42.8 percent of female respondents did not have private health insurance in Australia.

Share of respondents with private health insurance in Australia in financial year 2018, by policy and gender

Characteristic	Male	Female
Does not have private health insurance	43.4%	42.8%
Has private insurance (hospital and extra expenses cover)	46.5%	46.1%
Has private insurance (only hospital expenses cover)	6.3%	5.8%
Has private insurance (only extra expenses cover)	3.8%	5.3%

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Release date

November 2018

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Region

Australia

Survey time period

financial year 2018

Number of respondents

28,243 respondents

Age group

15 years and older

Special properties

Australia's financial year runs from July of one year to June of the following year; for example, the financial year 2017 starts on July 1, 2016 and ends on June 30, 2017

Method of interview

Computer-assisted telephone interviews (CATI)

Supplementary notes

Note: Exact wording of the survey question: "Does [your/his/her] private health insurance cover:
1. Both hospital and extras cover?
2. Hospital cover only?
3. Extras cover only?
4. Ambulance cover only (don’t read out)
5. Have other arrangements i.e. DVA entitlements (don’t read out) "

Survey respondents include only those who are usual residents of private dwellings.

Values were weighted by the source.

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