Tenfold differences in vax rates between neighbouring GP practices: Grattan Institute

Peter Breadon is calling for an opt-in needs-based funding scheme.
Rachel Fieldhouse
Peter Breadon.

Massive differences in vaccination rates at GP practices just a few kilometres apart has prompted calls for a funding overhaul.

A Grattan Institute report has found 10-fold or even 18-fold differences in vaccination rates, especially pneumococcal, between GP practices in suburbs like Sydney’s Bankstown or Melbourne’s Wyndham.