In reply: We thank Bailie and colleagues1 for their commentary on our article.2 Our aim was not to undermine the well documented inequities in access to health care experienced by people with lower socio‐economic status and those living rurally. We reported significant disparities in health care use in our article, with socio‐economically advantaged individuals using more specialist services, and those living more remotely using more hospital‐based health care, mirroring Australian trends.3
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