Appendix A - Need and Impact Analysis

Contents
1.0     Introduction .............................................................................................................................. 3
2.0     Location ..................................................................................................................................... 4
3.0     Determined Need ...................................................................................................................... 5
  3.1      Primary Health Network........................................................................................................ 5
  3.2      Health Care for Persons Over 65 ........................................................................................... 5
  3.3      Cooroy 2016 Census Data ..................................................................................................... 6
  3.4      Existing Medical Practices ..................................................................................................... 6
  3.5      Capacity of existing medical practices .................................................................................. 8
  3.6      Palm Lake Resort Resident Questionnaire ............................................................................ 9
4.0     Potential Impacts/Benefits to other Medical Centres ............................................................ 15
  4.1      Financial impacts/benefits .................................................................................................. 15
  4.2      Social impacts/benefits ....................................................................................................... 15
5.0     Conclusion ............................................................................................................................... 16




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