Person—General Practitioner MBS health assessment indicator, yes/no code N
Data Element Attributes
Identifying and definitional attributes | |
Metadata item type: | Data Element |
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Short name: | General Practitioner MBS health assessment indicator |
METEOR identifier: | 554986 |
Registration status: | National Health Performance Authority (retired), Retired 01/07/2016 |
Definition: | An indicator of whether a Medicare Benefits Schedule (MBS) Health Assessment for a person was conducted by a General Practitioner, as represented by a code. |
Data Element Concept: | Person—General Practitioner MBS health assessment indicator |
Value Domain: | Yes/no code N |
Value domain attributes | ||
Representational attributes | ||
Representation class: | Code | |
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Data type: | Boolean | |
Format: | N | |
Maximum character length: | 1 | |
Value | Meaning | |
Permissible values: | 1 | Yes |
2 | No |
Source and reference attributes | |
Submitting organisation: | Australian Institute of Health and Welfare |
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Data element attributes | |
Collection and usage attributes | |
Guide for use: | CODE 1 Yes A person has received an MBS Health Assessment conducted by a GP. CODE 2 No A person has not received an MBS Health Assessment conducted by a GP. GP attendances are Medicare benefit-funded patient/doctor encounters, such as visits and consultations, for which the patient has not been referred by another doctor. GP attendances exclude services provided by practice nurses and Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander health practitioners on a GP’s behalf.
In terms of “Broad Type of Service’ Groups, GP attendances comprise all items in Broad Type of Services Groups ‘A’ – GP/VRGP non-referred attendances, ‘M’ - Enhanced Primary Care and ‘B’ Non-referred other attendances as published in official MBS statistics by the Department of Human Services and the Department of Health. |
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Relational attributes | |
Related metadata references: | Has been superseded by Person—General Practitioner attendance indicator, yes/no code N National Health Performance Authority (retired), Retired 01/07/2016 |
Implementation in Indicators: |
Used as Numerator
Australian Health Performance Framework: PI 2.5.1–Bulk-billing for non-referred (GP) attendances, 2020 Health, Standard 13/10/2021 National Health Performance Authority, Healthy Communities: Bulk-billed GP attendances, 2012–13 National Health Performance Authority (retired), Retired 01/07/2016 National Health Performance Authority, Healthy Communities: Bulk-billed GP attendances, 2013–14 National Health Performance Authority (retired), Retired 01/07/2016 National Health Performance Authority, Healthy Communities: Expenditure on GP attendances, 2012–13 National Health Performance Authority (retired), Retired 01/07/2016 National Health Performance Authority, Healthy Communities: Expenditure on GP attendances, 2013–14 National Health Performance Authority (retired), Retired 01/07/2016 National Health Performance Authority, Healthy Communities: GP attendances, 2012–13 National Health Performance Authority (retired), Retired 01/07/2016 National Health Performance Authority, Healthy Communities: GP attendances, 2013–14 National Health Performance Authority (retired), Retired 01/07/2016
Used as Denominator
Australian Health Performance Framework: PI 2.5.1–Bulk-billing for non-referred (GP) attendances, 2020 Health, Standard 13/10/2021 |