Service Agreement - Department of Health Tasmania: 2018, Dental Weighted Activity Units (DWAUs), 2018
Indicator Attributes
Identifying and definitional attributes | |
Metadata item type: | Indicator |
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| Indicator type: | Indicator |
| Short name: | Dental Weighted Activity Units (DWAUs) |
| METEOR identifier: | 700642 |
| Registration status: | Tasmanian Health, Superseded 24/07/2019 |
| Description: | A DWAU is a unit of activity. Each dental service item from the Australian Dental Association schedule of services is attributed a relative value based on the price paid by the Commonwealth for dental services provided under the Department of Veterans Affairs Schedule of Dental Services. The indicator is calculated by multiplying all services provided by their respective DWAU values and summing the totals. |
| Indicator set: | Service Plan - Department of Health Tasmania: 2018 Tasmanian Health, Superseded 24/07/2019 |
Collection and usage attributes | |
| Computation description: | Services provided are multiplied by their respective DWAU value. The results per service are added for a total of DWAUs achieved. |
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Representational attributes | |
| Representation class: | Count |
| Data type: | Real |
| Unit of measure: | Service event |
| Format: | NNN[NNN].NN |
Accountability attributes | |
| Reporting requirements: | 2018-19 Service Agreement |
Relational attributes | |
| Related metadata references: | Has been superseded by Service Plan - Department of Health Tasmania: 2019, Dental Weighted Activity Units (DWAUs), 2019 Tasmanian Health, Standard 24/07/2019 |