Person—Medicare Benefits Schedule (MBS) benefit for General Practitioner service, total Australian currency N[N(8)]
Identifying and definitional attributes | |
Metadata item type: | Data Element |
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| Short name: | MBS benefit for GP service |
| METEOR identifier: | 556532 |
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| Definition: | The total Medicare (MBS) benefit a person is entitled to for a General Practitioner (GP) service, expressed in dollars. |
| Data Element Concept: | Person—Medicare Benefits Schedule (MBS) benefit for General Practitioner service |
Value domain attributes | |
Representational attributes | |
| Representation class: | Total |
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| Data type: | Currency |
| Format: | N[N(8)] |
| Maximum character length: | 9 |
| Unit of measure: | Australian currency (AU$) |
Data element attributes | |
Collection and usage attributes | |
| Guide for use: | GP attendances are on 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. Data source type: Administrative by-product data |