Person—MBS Health Assessment for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander People (MBS Item 715) indicator, yes/no code N

Identifying and definitional attributes

Metadata item type:Help on this termData Element
Short name:Help on this termMBS Health Assessment for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander People (MBS Item 715) indicator
METEOR identifier:Help on this term504933
Registration status:Help on this term
  • Health, Standard 11/11/2014
  • Indigenous, Standard 13/03/2015
Definition:Help on this termAn indicator of whether a Medicare Benefits Schedule (MBS) Health Assessment for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander People (Item 715) has been claimed for a person, as represented by a code.
Data Element Concept:Person—MBS Health Assessment for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander People (MBS Item 715) indicator

Value domain attributes

Representational attributes

Representation class:Help on this termCode
Data type:Help on this termBoolean
Format:Help on this termN
Maximum character length:Help on this term1
Permissible values:Help on this term
ValueMeaning
1Yes
2No

Data element attributes

Collection and usage attributes

Guide for use:Help on this term

CODE 1   Yes

An MBS Health Assessment for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander People (MBS Item 715) has been claimed for a person.

CODE 2   No

An MBS Health Assessment for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander People (MBS Item 715) has not been claimed for a person.

Comments:Help on this term

The MBS Health Assessment for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander People (MBS Item 715) is used to ensure that Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people receive primary health care matched to their needs, by encouraging early detection, diagnosis and intervention for common and treatable conditions that cause morbidity and early mortality. The health assessment includes an assessment of the patient’s health, including their physical, psychological and social wellbeing. It also assesses what preventive health care, education and other assistance should be offered to the patient to improve their health and wellbeing (DoH 2014).

Source and reference attributes

Submitting organisation:Help on this term

Australian Institute of Health and Welfare

Origin:Help on this term

DoH (Australian Government Department of Health) 2014. Medicare Benefits Schedule (MBS) Health Assessment for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander People (MBS Item 715). Canberra: DoH. Viewed 4 November 2014,

<http://www.health.gov.au/internet/main/publishing.nsf
/Content/F55BEF7B8F46193DCA257BF0001F95FF/$File/715
%20-%20Medicare%20Hlth%20Assmnt%20
Aboriginal%20Torres%20Strait%20Islander%20People.pdf>.

Relational attributes

Related metadata references:Help on this term
Supersedes Person—MBS Health Assessment for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander People (MBS Item 715) indicator, yes/no code N
  • Health, Superseded 21/11/2013
Implementation in Data Set Specifications:Help on this term

Indigenous primary health care DSS 2014-15
Health, Superseded 13/03/2015
Indigenous, Superseded 13/03/2015

Implementation start date: 01/07/2014

Implementation end date: 30/06/2015

Conditional obligation:

This item is only collected for persons aged 0-4 years, and persons aged 25 years and over.

DSS specific information:

In the Indigenous primary health care DSS, this data element is collected once for persons aged 0-4 years who have received the MBS Health Assessment for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander People within the previous 12 months, and once for persons aged 25 years and older who have received the MBS Health Assessment for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander People within the previous 24 months.


Indigenous primary health care DSS 2015-17
Health, Superseded 25/01/2018
Indigenous, Superseded 27/02/2018

Implementation start date: 01/07/2015

Implementation end date: 30/06/2017

Conditional obligation:

This item is only collected for persons aged 0-4 years, and persons aged 25 years and over.

DSS specific information:

In the Indigenous primary health care DSS, this data element is collected once for persons aged 0-4 years who have received the MBS Health Assessment for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander People within the previous 12 months, and once for persons aged 25 years and older who have received the MBS Health Assessment for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander People within the previous 24 months.


Indigenous primary health care NBEDS 2017–18
Health, Superseded 06/09/2018
Indigenous, Superseded 22/10/2018

Implementation start date: 01/07/2017

Implementation end date: 30/06/2018

Conditional obligation:

This item is only collected for persons aged 0-4 years, and persons aged 25 and over.

DSS specific information:

In the Indigenous primary health care NBEDS, this data element is collected once for persons aged 0-4 years who have received the MBS Health Assessment for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander People within the previous 12 months, and once for persons aged 25 and older who have received the MBS Health Assessment for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander People within the previous 24 months.


Indigenous primary health care NBEDS 2018–19
Health, Superseded 12/12/2018
Indigenous, Superseded 02/04/2019

Implementation start date: 01/07/2018

Implementation end date: 30/06/2019

Conditional obligation:

This item is only collected for persons aged 0-4 years, and persons aged 25 and over.

DSS specific information:

In the Indigenous primary health care NBEDS, this data element is collected once for persons aged 0-4 years who have received the MBS Health Assessment for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander People within the previous 12 months, and once for persons aged 25 and older who have received the MBS Health Assessment for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander People within the previous 24 months.


Indigenous primary health care NBEDS 2019–20
Health, Superseded 16/01/2020
Indigenous, Superseded 14/07/2021

Implementation start date: 01/07/2019

Implementation end date: 30/06/2020

Conditional obligation:

This item is only collected for persons aged 0-4 years, and persons aged 25 and over.

DSS specific information:

In the Indigenous primary health care NBEDS, this data element is collected once for persons aged 0-4 years who have received the MBS Health Assessment for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander People within the previous 12 months, and once for persons aged 25 and older who have received the MBS Health Assessment for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander People within the previous 24 months.


Indigenous primary health care NBEDS 2020–21
Health, Retired 13/10/2021

Implementation start date: 01/07/2020

Implementation end date: 30/06/2021

Conditional obligation:

This item is only collected for persons aged 0-4 years, and persons aged 25 and over.

DSS specific information:

In the Indigenous primary health care NBEDS, this data element is collected once for persons aged 0-4 years who have received the MBS Health Assessment for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander People within the previous 12 months, and once for persons aged 25 and older who have received the MBS Health Assessment for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander People within the previous 24 months.


Implementation in Indicators:Help on this term
Used as Numerator

Indigenous primary health care: PI03a-Number of regular clients for whom an MBS Health Assessment for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander People (MBS Item 715) was claimed, 2014 Health, Superseded 13/03/2015
Indigenous, Superseded 13/03/2015

Indigenous primary health care: PI03a-Number of regular clients for whom an MBS Health Assessment for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander People (MBS Item 715) was claimed, 2015 Health, Superseded 05/10/2016
Indigenous, Superseded 20/01/2017

Indigenous primary health care: PI03a-Number of regular clients for whom an MBS Health Assessment for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander People (MBS Item 715) was claimed, 2015-2017 Health, Superseded 25/01/2018
Indigenous, Superseded 27/02/2018

Indigenous primary health care: PI03a-Number of regular clients for whom an MBS Health Assessment for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander People (MBS Item 715) was claimed, 2015-2017 Health, Superseded 17/10/2018
Indigenous, Superseded 17/10/2018

Indigenous primary health care: PI03a-Number of regular clients for whom an MBS Health Assessment for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander People (MBS Item 715) was claimed, 2018-2019 Health, Superseded 16/01/2020
Indigenous, Superseded 14/07/2021

Indigenous primary health care: PI03a-Number of regular clients for whom an MBS Health Assessment for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander People (MBS Item 715) was claimed, June 2020 Health, Retired 13/10/2021
Indigenous, Superseded 14/07/2021

Indigenous primary health care: PI03b-Proportion of regular clients for whom an MBS Health Assessment for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander People (MBS Item 715) was claimed, 2014 Health, Superseded 13/03/2015
Indigenous, Superseded 13/03/2015

Indigenous primary health care: PI03b-Proportion of regular clients for whom an MBS Health Assessment for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander People (MBS Item 715) was claimed, 2015 Health, Superseded 05/10/2016
Indigenous, Superseded 20/01/2017

Indigenous primary health care: PI03b-Proportion of regular clients for whom an MBS Health Assessment for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander People (MBS Item 715) was claimed, 2015-2017 Health, Superseded 25/01/2018
Indigenous, Superseded 27/02/2018

Indigenous primary health care: PI03b-Proportion of regular clients for whom an MBS Health Assessment for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander People (MBS Item 715) was claimed, 2015-2017 Health, Superseded 17/10/2018
Indigenous, Superseded 17/10/2018

Indigenous primary health care: PI03b-Proportion of regular clients for whom an MBS Health Assessment for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander People (MBS Item 715) was claimed, 2018-2019 Health, Superseded 16/01/2020
Indigenous, Superseded 14/07/2021

Indigenous primary health care: PI03b-Proportion of regular clients for whom an MBS Health Assessment for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander People (MBS Item 715) was claimed, June 2020 Health, Retired 13/10/2021
Indigenous, Superseded 14/07/2021