Service event—Number of patients seen for non-referred attendance items, total number N

Identifying and definitional attributes
Metadata item type:	Data Element
Short name:	Number of patients seen for non-referred attendance items
METEOR identifier:	608953
Registration status:	Commonwealth Department of Health, Standard 14/10/2015
Definition:	The total number of patients seen for non-referred attendance items in the Medicare Benefits Schedule (MBS) for which a claim has been processed for a provided service.

Value domain attributes

Representation class:

Count

Data type:

Number

Format:

Maximum character length:

Submitting organisation:

Department of Health

Guide for use:

For items in Broad type of service (BTOS)

Submitting organisation:

Department of Health

Implementation in Data Set Specifications:

All attributes +

DSS specific attributes +
*Implementation start date:* 01/07/2013 *Implementation end date:* 30/06/2014 *Conditional obligation:* This item will be reported if Medicare Australia Broad Type of Service (BTOS) hierarchy is: Broad type of service (BTOS) Category A (Non-referred attendances GP/VR GP) Category B (Non-referred attendances - Other) *DSS specific information:* Variable name = PATSEEN