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National Healthcare Agreement: PI 14-Waiting times for GPs, 2011

Identifying and definitional attributes

Metadata item type:Help on this termIndicator
Indicator type:Help on this termProgress measure
Short name:Help on this termPI 14—Waiting times for GPs, 2011
METEOR identifier:Help on this term402424
Registration status:Help on this term
  • Health, Superseded 30/10/2011
Description:Help on this termLength of time a person needs to wait to see a GP for an urgent appointment
Indicator set:Help on this termNational Healthcare Agreement (2011)
Health, Superseded 31/10/2011
Outcome area:Help on this termPrimary and Community Health
Health, Standard 07/07/2010
Quality statement:Help on this termNational Healthcare Agreement: PI 14-Waiting times for GPs, 2011 QS Health, Superseded 04/12/2012

Collection and usage attributes

Population group age from:Help on this term15 years
Computation description:Help on this term

The interpretation of ‘urgent medical care’ was left to the respondent

Numerator refers to waiting time for most recent appointment with a GP in the last 12 months.

Population is limited to persons aged 15 years and over.

Analysis by remoteness and SEIFA Indicator of Relative Socio-economic Disadvantage (IRSD) is based on usual residence of person.

Presented as a percentage. 

Computation:Help on this term100 x (numerator ÷ denominator) calculated separately for each waiting time category (within 4 hours; more than 4 hours but within 24 hours; and more than 24 hours).
Numerator:Help on this term

Number of persons who reported seeing a GP (for their own health) for urgent medical care within specified waiting time categories.

Numerator data elements:Help on this term
Data Element / Data Set

Data Element

Number of people who saw GP for urgent medical care

Data Source

ABS Patient Experience Survey (PEx)

Guide for use

Data source type: Survey

Data Element / Data Set

Data Element

Specified waiting time categories

Data Source

ABS Patient Experience Survey (PEx)

Guide for use

Data source type: Survey

Waiting time categories are: within 4 hours; more than 4 hours but within 24 hours; and more than 24 hours.

Denominator:Help on this termTotal number of persons aged 15 years and over who reported seeing a GP for urgent medical care (for their own health) in the last 12 months.
Denominator data elements:Help on this term
Data Element / Data Set

Data Element

Number of people who saw GP for urgent medical care

Data Source

ABS Patient Experience Survey (PEx)

Guide for use

Data source type: Survey

Data Element / Data Set

Person—age, total years N[NN]

Data Source

ABS Patient Experience Survey (PEx)

Guide for use

Data source type: Survey

Disaggregation:Help on this term

2009—State and territory, by waiting time category

2009—Nationally, by:

  • remoteness
  • SEIFA Index of Relative Socioeconomic Disadvantage (IRSD) quintiles
Disaggregation data elements:Help on this term
Data Element / Data Set

Data Element

Specified waiting time categories

Data Source

ABS Patient Experience Survey (PEx)

Guide for use

Data source type: Survey

Waiting time categories are: within 4 hours; more than 4 hours but within 24 hours; and more than 24 hours.

Data Element / Data Set

Person—area of usual residence, geographical location code (ASGC 2009) NNNNN

Data Source

ABS Patient Experience Survey (PEx)

Guide for use

Data source type: Survey

Used for disaggregation by state/territory, remoteness and SEIFA IRSD

Comments:Help on this term

Most recent data available for the 2011 CRC report: 2009

Representational attributes

Representation class:Help on this termPercentage
Data type:Help on this termReal
Unit of measure:Help on this termPerson
Format:Help on this termN[NN].N

Indicator conceptual framework

Framework and dimensions:Help on this termAccessibility

Data source attributes

Data sources:Help on this term
Data Source

ABS Patient Experience Survey (PEx)

Frequency

Annual

Data custodian

Australian Bureau of Statistics

Accountability attributes

Reporting requirements:Help on this termNational Healthcare Agreement
Further data development / collection required:Help on this termSpecification: Long-term

Source and reference attributes

Submitting organisation:Help on this termAustralian Bureau of Statistics

Relational attributes

Related metadata references:Help on this term
Supersedes National Healthcare Agreement: P14-Waiting times for GP's, 2010
  • Health, Superseded 08/06/2011
Has been superseded by National Healthcare Agreement: PI 14-Waiting times for GPs, 2012
  • Health, Superseded 25/06/2013
See also National Healthcare Agreement: PB 05-By 2012–13, 80 per cent of emergency department presentations are seen within clinically recommended triage times as recommended by the Australasian College of Emergency Medicine, 2011
  • Health, Superseded 30/10/2011
See also National Healthcare Agreement: PI 23-Selected potentially avoidable GP-type presentations to emergency departments, 2011
  • Health, Superseded 31/10/2011
See also National Healthcare Agreement: PI 24-GP-type services, 2011
  • Health, Superseded 30/10/2011
See also National Healthcare Agreement: PI 35-Waiting times for emergency department care, 2011
  • Health, Superseded 31/10/2011
See also National Healthcare Agreement: PI 58-Patient satisfaction/experience, 2011
  • Health, Superseded 31/10/2011
See also National Healthcare Agreement: PI 60-Access to services by type of service compared to need, 2011
  • Health, Superseded 31/10/2011
See also National Healthcare Agreement: PI 65-Net growth in health workforce, 2011
  • Health, Superseded 31/10/2011
See also National Healthcare Agreement: PI 70-Accredited and filled clinical training positions, 2011
  • Health, Superseded 31/10/2011
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