Indigenous primary health care: PI07a-Number of regular clients with a chronic disease for whom a GP Management Plan (MBS Item 721) was claimed, 2015-2017
Indicator Attributes
Identifying and definitional attributes | |
Metadata item type: | Indicator |
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| Indicator type: | Output measure |
| Short name: | PI07a-Number of regular clients with a chronic disease for whom a GP Management Plan (MBS Item 721) was claimed, 2015-2017 |
| METEOR identifier: | 686434 |
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| Description: | Number of regular clients who are Indigenous, have a chronic disease and for whom a GP Management Plan (MBS Item 721) was claimed within the previous 24 months. |
| Rationale: | Effective management of chronic disease can delay the progression of disease, decrease the need for high-cost interventions, improve quality of life, and increase life expectancy. The development of a GP Management Plan is one way in which the client and primary health care provider can ensure appropriate care is coordinated. |
| Indicator set: | Indigenous primary health care key performance indicators (2015-2017) |
Collection and usage attributes | |
| Computation description: | Count of regular clients who are Indigenous, have a chronic disease and for whom a GP Management Plan (MBS Item 721) was claimed within the previous 24 months. ‘Regular client’ refers to a client of an Australian Government Department of Health-funded primary health care service (that is required to report against the Indigenous primary health care key performance indicators) who has an active medical record; that is, a client who has attended the Department of Health-funded primary health care service at least 3 times in 2 years. GP Management Plan (MBS Item 721): The Chronic Disease Management (CDM) Medicare items on the Medicare Benefits Schedule (MBS) enable GPs to plan and coordinate the health care of patients with chronic or terminal medical conditions (DoH 2014). GP Management Plans, for the purpose of this indicator, are defined in the MBS (Item 721). Presented as a number. Calculated separately for each chronic disease type: A) Type II diabetes Exclude Type I diabetes, secondary diabetes, gestational diabetes mellitus (GDM), previous GDM, impaired fasting glucose, impaired glucose tolerance. B) Cardiovascular disease C) Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease D) Chronic kidney disease At this stage, this indicator is only calculated for Type II diabetes as currently this is the only relevant chronic disease type with an agreed national definition. |
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| Computation: | Numerator only |
| Numerator: | Calculation A: Number of regular clients who are Indigenous, have Type II diabetes and for whom a GP Management Plan (MBS Item 721) was claimed within the previous 24 months. |
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| Disaggregation: | 1. Sex: 2. Age: |
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Representational attributes | |
| Representation class: | Count |
| Data type: | Real |
| Unit of measure: | Person |
| Format: | N[N(6)] |
Indicator conceptual framework | |
| Framework and dimensions: | Continuous |
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| Further data development / collection required: | Further work is required to reach agreement on national definitions for other chronic diseases including cardiovascular disease, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease and chronic kidney disease. |
Source and reference attributes | |
| Submitting organisation: | Australian Institute of Health and Welfare Australian Government Department of Health |
| Origin: | DoH (Australian Government Department of Health) 2014. Chronic Disease Management (formerly Enhanced Primary Care or EPC) — GP services. Canberra: DoH. Viewed 28 October 2014, |
Relational attributes | |
| Related metadata references: | Supersedes Indigenous primary health care: PI07a-Number of regular clients with a chronic disease for whom a GP Management Plan (MBS Item 721) was claimed, 2015-2017
Has been superseded by Indigenous primary health care: PI07a-Number of regular clients with a chronic disease for whom a GP Management Plan (MBS Item 721) was claimed, 2018-2019
See also Indigenous primary health care: PI07b-Proportion of regular clients with a chronic disease for whom a GP Management Plan (MBS Item 721) was claimed, 2015-2017
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