Identifying and definitional attributes | |
Metadata item type: | Indicator |
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Indicator type: | Indicator |
Short name: | Percentage of people who visit the GP at least once in a year who had arthritis or chronic back pain 2005-2013 |
METEOR identifier: | 593791 |
Registration status: | National Health Performance Authority (retired), Retired 01/07/2016 |
Description: | Patients with arthritis or chronic back pain is measured as the number of people who visit the GP at least once in a year who had arthritis, chronic back pain or both of these conditions per 100 people who visit the GP at least once in a year. National Health Performance Authority analysis of BEACH SAND data (2005-2013) weighted to the attending patient population using Department of Human Services, Medicare Benefits Schedule statistics, 12 months ending 30 June 2013. |
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Collection and usage attributes | |
Computation description: | National Health Performance Authority analysis of BEACH SAND data (2005-2013) weighted to the attending patient population using Department of Human Services, Medicare Benefits Schedule statistics, 12 months ending 30 June 2013. Patients identified as having arthritis, chronic back pain or both of these conditions include patients of any age who have been diagnosed with osteoarthritis, rheumatoid arthritis or chronic back pain. |
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Computation: | 100 X (numerator/denominator) |
Numerator: | Number of GP presentations for patients with arthritis or chronic back pain during the data period. Osteoarthritis defined as ICPC-2 codes 'L83011','L84004','L84009','L84010','L84011','L84012', 'L89001','L90001','L91001','L91003', 'L91008','L91015','L91017','L91019','L91020','L92007' Rheumatoid arthritis defined as 'L88' and Chronic Back Pain as 'L02010','L03012','L84','L86'. |
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Denominator: | The SAND substudies conducted between July 2005 and June 2013 provided a sample of 861 GPs recording information for 25,855 patients. |
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Disaggregation: | By Medicare local catchment peer group. |
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Representational attributes | |
Representation class: | Percentage |
Data type: | Integer |
Unit of measure: | Service event |
Format: | NN.N |
Indicator conceptual framework | |
Framework and dimensions: | PAF-Equity of access PAF-Effectiveness of access |
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Steward: | National Health Performance Authority |