6.10 Number of PBS prescriptions dispensed for anticholinesterase medicines per 100,000 people aged 65 years and over, 2013–14
Indicator Attributes
Identifying and definitional attributes | |
Metadata item type:![]() | Indicator |
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Indicator type:![]() | Indicator |
Short name:![]() | Anticholinesterase medicines dispensing 65 years and over, 2013-14 |
METEOR identifier:![]() | 611658 |
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Description:![]() | Number of PBS prescriptions dispensed for anticholinesterase medicines per 100,000 people aged 65 years and over, age standardised. Data are disaggregated by the area in which the person lives. |
Indicator set:![]() | Australian Atlas of Healthcare Variation |
Collection and usage attributes | |||||
Population group age from:![]() | 65 years and over | ||||
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Computation description:![]() |
Presented as a number per 100,000 people, age standardised by Statistical Area Level 3 Analysis by Statistical Area Level 3 (SA3) is based on postcode of usual residence of the patient which is based on the patient's Medicare enrolment postcode on the date the prescription was dispensed. SA3s where the total population was less than 2,500 or where the population of people aged 65 years and over was less than 200 are excluded. Suppression protocol for calculating age standardised rates:
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Computation:![]() | 100,000 x (Numerator ÷ Denominator), age standardised For more information about age-standardisation see | ||||
Numerator:![]() | Number of PBS prescriptions dispensed for anticholinesterase medicines in 2013-14 | ||||
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Denominator:![]() | Total population aged 65 years and over | ||||
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Disaggregation:![]() | Statistical Area Level 3, which have been derived from Postcode—Australian (person):
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Representational attributes | |||||
Representation class:![]() | Rate | ||||
Data type:![]() | Integer | ||||
Unit of measure:![]() | Service event | ||||
Format:![]() | NN[NNNN] | ||||
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Accountability attributes | |||||
Reporting requirements:![]() | Australian Commission of Safety and Quality in Health Care's Atlas of Healthcare Variation, released November 2015 | ||||
Organisation responsible for providing data:![]() | Department of Health | ||||
Accountability:![]() | Australian Commission of Safety and Quality in Health Care | ||||
Source and reference attributes | |||||
Submitting organisation:![]() | National Health Performance Authority |