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GPs & Practice Managers

Information for GPs and Practice Managers thinking about contributing to Data for Decisions.
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Consumers & Patients

Information for healthcare consumers about the Data for Decisions research initiative.
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Researchers

Information for researchers wishing to access data in the Patron primary care data repository.
Patron Facts and Stats
52.57%
Female
44.84%
Male
18.9%
Over 65
23.3%
of VIC population
104
Clinics in VIC
11
Clinics in QLD
12
Clinics in SA
21
Clinics in TAS
7
Clinics in WA
65
Metropolitan Practices
24
Regional Centres
66
Rural and Regional Areas
Notes:
- This data comes from the 2026 Q2 Snapshot Report.
- Patron and the Centre for Victorian Data Linkage (CVDL) linked data from 2007-2022, included 1,792,051 Patron patients, 77.3% had at least one hospital admission (identified via linkage to the Victorian hospital dataset) and of those patients 73.3% had at least one emergency department presentation (identified via linkage to the Victorian ED dataset).