Patient—Closing the Gap co-payment eligibility indicator, code AAA[NNA]
Data Element Attributes
Identifying and definitional attributes | |
Metadata item type:![]() | Data Element |
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Short name:![]() | Closing the Gap co-payment eligibility indicator |
Synonymous names:![]() | CTG co-payment eligibility indicator |
METEOR identifier:![]() | 603679 |
Registration status:![]() | Commonwealth Department of Health, Retired 19/10/2023 |
Definition:![]() | An indicator of whether the patient is eligible for a Closing the Gap (CTG) co-payment, as represented by a code. |
Context:![]() | The CTG co-payment was established to reduce the cost of Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme (PBS) medicines for eligible Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people either living with or at risk of chronic disease. |
Data Element Concept:![]() | Patient—Closing the Gap co-payment eligibility indicator |
Value Domain:![]() | Closing the Gap co-payment eligibility code AAA[NNA] |
Source and reference attributes | |
Submitting organisation:![]() | Department of Health |
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Data element attributes | |
Collection and usage attributes | |
Guide for use:![]() | A non-blank response is indicative of the patient's eligibility for the Closing the Gap co-payment. An eligible patient is an Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander person of any age who presents with an existing chronic disease or is at risk of chronic disease, and who, in the opinion of the prescriber:
Eligible patients can be registered at either:
The following prescribers are eligible to provide their patients with a Closing the Gap annotated script:
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Comments:![]() | The Closing the Gap (CTG) co-payment measure within the Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme (PBS) is intended to improve access to PBS medicinal products for eligible Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander patients who are living with, or at risk of, chronic disease. Closing the Gap prescriptions attract a lower or nil patient co-payment for PBS medicinal products. General (non-concessional) patients who present a Closing the Gap prescription should be charged the current concessional rate for each PBS item on that prescription. Similarly, concessional patients who present a Closing the Gap prescription do not need to pay a patient co-payment each PBS item on that prescription. Care should be taken when using this data element. While a non-blank response may be indicative of the Indigenous status of the patient for whom the prescription is written, it should not be regarded as a definitive alternative to an actual Indigenous status data element. |
Source and reference attributes | |
Submitting organisation:![]() | Department of Health |
Reference documents:![]() | Department of Human Services, 2015. Closing The Gap - PBS Co-payment Measure. Department of Human Services, Canberra. Viewed 25 June 2015, http://www.humanservices.gov.au/health-professionals/services/ pbs-closing-the-gap-co-payment-measure/ |
Relational attributes | |
Related metadata references:![]() | See also Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme (PBS) prescription—PBS claim type, code A Commonwealth Department of Health, Retired 19/10/2023 |
Implementation in Data Set Specifications:![]() | Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme (PBS) state/territory data extract 2013-14 Commonwealth Department of Health, Retired 19/10/2023 Implementation start date: 01/07/2013 Implementation end date: 30/06/2014 DSS specific information: Variable name = CTG_CD Due to a lack of validation for this data item, values that do not strictly conform with the specified value domain are likely to be reported for this item and should generally be regarded as valid for analytical purposes. Examples of such values may include 'CTG', i.e. a code with no numeric count or check digit included, or variants such as 'CGT' and so on. |