THE NAB Health Insights Special Report (part one) released this week showed satisfaction with pharmacies remains high at 8.2 points (out of 10), albeit dipping from 8.5 points a year ago.
Pharmacists are still among the most commonly visited health practitioners, however, this has dropped down to 61%, from 70% in the previous year.
Noticeably, women visit pharmacies more than men (67% women vs 54% men).
During a time when cost of living pressures are impacting households, pharmacists came in as the second most affordable practitioner, at 7.6 points (out of 10), with public hospitals coming in at most affordable at 8.3 points.
Younger Australians (those aged 18-34) were more likely to switch their pharmacies (at 10%) than older Australians (4% for those aged 35-44 and 55-64 and 3% for those 45-54), said Dean Pearson (pictured), NAB's Head of Behaviour and Industry Economics.
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