Pharmacy Access/Remoteness Index of Australia (PhARIA)

The Pharmacy ARIA (PhARIA) provides a pharmacy specific measurement of remoteness for over 13000 localities around Australia. It was designed to provide a comprehensive, standardised measurement of the physical and professional remoteness of pharmacies throughout Australia, for use in the determination of rural and remote pharmacy allowances.

PhARIA values can be found for any locality throughout Australia by accessing the map servers below. These map servers are interactive, and allow users to zoom in and out, find localities of interest and view various map layers containing other information of interest, such as main roads, postcodes, and PhARIA categories.

PhARIA Spatial Information

Two map servers are provided for PhARIA. Both include data for 2003/04, 2004-05, 2006/07, 2007/08 and 2008/09.

1. Information for DHA and MA.
   This site is password protected.

2. Information for Pharmacists.
   Password not required.

PhARIA Textual Information

	2003/04	2004-05	2006/07	2007/08	2008/09
PhARIA background information	HERE	HERE	HERE	HERE	HERE
PhARIA values by Category and Alphabetical Classification	HERE	HERE	HERE	HERE	HERE

The PhARIA project was undertaken by GISCA (National Centre for Social Applications of GIS)University of Adelaide, the Department of Health and Ageing, and the Pharmacy Guild of Australia.
All enquiries regarding PhARIA should be directed to the Medicare Australia. Phone 13 22 90.