Table 1 Patterns of reporting in Australian newspaper and television coverage of medical tourism, May 2005 – June 2011
Television stories (n = 66) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
Year | Network type | Programme type | Story type |
2005 – 6 | Commercial – 44 | Current affairs – 25 | News (main focus) – 7 |
2006 – 3 | Publicly-funded – 22 | News – 24 | News (mention) – 0 |
2007 – 22 | Magazine – 14 | Feature (main focus) – 45 | |
2008 – 10 | Discussion – 3 | Feature (mention) – 14 | |
2009 – 6 | |||
2010 – 17 | |||
2011 – 2 | |||
Newspaper stories ( n = 65) | |||
Year | Publication type | Source location | Story type |
2005 – 6 | Metropolitan weekday – 34 | New South Wales – 26 | News (main focus) – 22 |
2006 – 5 | Metropolitan Sunday – 21 | Queensland – 16 | News (mention) – 3 |
2007 – 14 | Community – 4 | Western Australia – 9 | Feature (main focus) – 30 |
2008 – 12 | National – 4 | National – 4 | Feature (mention) – 8 |
2009 – 6 | Regional weekday – 2 | Victoria – 4 | Advice – 1 |
2010 – 14 | Australian Capital Territory – 3 | Letter to the Editor – 1 | |
2011 – 8 | Tasmania – 2 | ||
South Australia – 1 | |||