Medicare Local
Glossary Item Attributes
Identifying and definitional attributes | |
Metadata item type: | Glossary Item |
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METEOR identifier: | 517967 |
Registration status: | National Health Performance Authority (retired), Retired 01/07/2016 |
Definition: | An administrative health region established under the National Health Reform Agreement 2012, responsible for assessing the health needs of the population in a specific region, for identifying gaps in general practitioner (GP) and primary health care services and putting into place strategies to address those gaps. Medicare Locals drive improvements in primary health care and ensure that services are better tailored to meet the needs of local communities. Medicare Locals have a number of key roles in improving primary health care services for local communities, by:
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Context: | Primary health care |
Source and reference attributes | |
Submitting organisation: | Australian Institute of Health and Welfare |
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Reference documents: | The National Health Reform Agreement 2012: Council of Australian Governments, Canberra. Viewed 29 April 2013, http://www.federalfinancialrelations.gov.au/content/npa/ |
Relational attributes | |
Metadata items which use this glossary item: | Administrative health region—Medicare Local identifier National Health Performance Authority (retired), Retired 01/07/2016 Administrative health region—Medicare Local identifier, code AANNN National Health Performance Authority (retired), Retired 01/07/2016 Administrative health region—Medicare Local peer group National Health Performance Authority (retired), Retired 01/07/2016 Medicare Local code AANNN National Health Performance Authority (retired), Retired 01/07/2016 |