To the Editor: Despite concerns about suspected reductions in general practitioner visits for Australian children,1,2 there has been a lack of research to investigate trends in GP visits over the past decade.
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This study used unit record data from Growing up in Australia: the Longitudinal Study of Australian Children (LSAC). The LSAC was conducted in partnership between the Department of Families, Housing, Community Services and Indigenous Affairs (FaHCSIA), the Australian Institute of Family Studies (AIFS) and the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS). The findings and views reported in this paper are our own and should not be attributed to FaHCSIA, AIFS or the ABS.
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