Identifying and definitional attributes | |
Metadata item type: | Data Element |
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Short name: | Medicare provider geographic remoteness |
METEOR identifier: | 610737 |
Registration status: | Commonwealth Department of Health, Retired 19/10/2023 |
Definition: | The remoteness area classification of a Medicare service provider, as represented by a code. |
Data Element Concept: | Service/care provider—geographic remoteness |
Value Domain: | Medicare remoteness classification (ASGS-RA) N |
Value domain attributes | ||
Representational attributes | ||
Classification scheme: | Australian Statistical Geography Standard 2011 | |
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Representation class: | Code | |
Data type: | Number | |
Format: | N | |
Maximum character length: | 1 | |
Value | Meaning | |
Permissible values: | 1 | Major cities of Australia |
2 | Regional Australia | |
3 | Remote Australia |
Source and reference attributes | |
Submitting organisation: | Department of Health |
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Origin: | Information relating to remoteness and other aspects of statistical geography is available from the Statistical Geography portal on the ABS website: Australian Bureau of Statistics 2011. ABS Geography. Viewed 19 November 2013, http://www.abs.gov.au/websitedbs/D3310114.nsf/ |
Data element attributes | |
Source and reference attributes | |
Submitting organisation: | Department of Health |
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Relational attributes | |
Implementation in Data Set Specifications: | Medicare Benefits Schedule (MBS) 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 = SPRRA This item represents the Medicare servicing provider's geographic remoteness. Medicare Benefits Schedule (MBS) 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 = SPRRA This item represents the Medicare servicing provider's geographic remoteness. |