Person—General Practitioner attendance 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 attendance indicator |
METEOR identifier: | 603651 |
Registration status: | National Health Performance Authority (retired), Retired 01/07/2016 |
Definition: | An indicator of whether a person has had a GP attendance, as represented by a code. A GP attendance is a non-referred Medicare benefits-funded patient/doctor encounter and excludes services provided by practice nurses and Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander health practitioners on behalf of medical practitioners. |
Data Element Concept: | Person—General Practitioner attendance 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 a Medicare-funded GP attendance. CODE 2 No A person has not received a Medicare-funded GP attendance. In terms of Medicare Benefits Schedule (MBS) structure, GP attendances comprise all items in:
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' – Non-referred Enhanced Primary Care and 'B' – Non-referred other attendances as published in quarterly and annual MBS statistics by the Department of Human Services and the Department of Health. |
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Relational attributes | |
Related metadata references: | Supersedes Person—General Practitioner MBS health assessment indicator, yes/no code N National Health Performance Authority (retired), Retired 01/07/2016 |
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