National Healthcare Agreement: PI 29-Private sector mental health services, 2011
Indicator Attributes
Identifying and definitional attributes | |
Metadata item type: | Indicator |
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Indicator type: | Output measure |
Short name: | PI 29-Private sector mental health services, 2011 |
METEOR identifier: | 421633 |
Registration status: | Health, Superseded 30/10/2011 |
Description: | Ambulatory mental health services provided by private psychiatrists, GPs and allied health providers (psychologists, occupational therapists, social workers, mental health nurses and Aboriginal health workers). |
Indicator set: | National Healthcare Agreement (2011) Health, Superseded 31/10/2011 |
Outcome area: | Primary and Community Health Health, Standard 07/07/2010 |
Data quality statement: | National Healthcare Agreement: PI 29: Private sector mental health services, 2011 QS Health, Superseded 04/12/2012 |
Collection and usage attributes | |
Computation description: | Rates directly age-standardised. Inclusive of all mental-health related Medicare Benefits Schedule (MBS) items and includes some ambulatory-equivalent admitted patient mental health service contacts. Consultant psychiatrist services include MBS items 134, 136,138, 140, 142, 289,291, 293, 296, 297, 299, 300, 302, 304,306, 308, 310, 312, 314, 316, 318, 319, 320, 322, 324, 326, 328, 330, 332, 334, 336, 338, 342, 344, 346, 348, 350, 352, 353, 355, 356, 357, 358, 359, 361, 364, 366, 367, 369, 370, 855, 857, 858, 861, 864, 866, 14224. GP and other services include MBS items 170, 171, 172, 2574, 2575, 2577, 2578, 2704, 2705, 2707, 2708, 2710, 2712, 2713, 2721, 2723, 2725, 2727. Also includes Item 2702, with effect from 1 January 2010. Clinical psychologist services include MBS items 80000, 80005, 80010, 80015, 80020. Other allied health services include MBS items 10956, 10968, 80100, 80105, 80110, 80115, 80120, 80125, 80130, 80135, 80140, 80145, 80150, 80155, 80160, 80165, 80170, 82000, 82015. 81325 and 81355 from 1 November 2008. Analysis by state and territory, remoteness and SEIFA Index of Relative Socioeconomic Disadvantage (IRSD) is based on usual residence of person. Presented per 1,000 population. |
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Computation: | 1,000 × (Numerator ÷ Denominator) |
Numerator: | Number of ambulatory mental health service contacts provided by private psychiatrists, general practitioners, clinical psychologists and other allied health providers (including registered psychologists, occupational therapists, social workers, mental health nurses and Aboriginal health workers) claimed through the Medicare Benefits Schedule (MBS) or Department of Veterans’ Affairs (DVA). |
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Denominator: | Total population |
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Disaggregation: | 2008–09 and 2009–10—Nationally, by SEIFA Index of Relative Socioeconomic Disadvantage (IRSD) deciles 2008-09 and 2009–10—State and territory, by:
Disaggregations within individual jurisdictions are subject to data quality considerations. Some disaggregations may result in numbers too small for publication. |
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Comments: | Major service streams are private psychiatrists, GPs, clinical psychologists and other allied health providers (including registered psychologists, occupational therapists, social workers, mental health nurses and Aboriginal health workers). MBS item numbers change over time and need to be updated as required. Inclusion of services reimbursed through the Department of Veterans’ Affairs (DVA), pending advice from DVA. Most recent data available for 2011 CRC report: 2008–09 (updated to include DVA data) and 2009–10. |
Representational attributes | |
Representation class: | Rate |
Data type: | Real |
Unit of measure: | Person |
Format: | NN[NN].N |
Indicator conceptual framework | |
Framework and dimensions: | Accessibility |
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Accountability attributes | |
Reporting requirements: | National Healthcare Agreement |
Organisation responsible for providing data: | Department of Health and Ageing/Australian Institute of Health and Welfare |
Further data development / collection required: | Specification: Interim |
Relational attributes | |
Related metadata references: | Supersedes National Healthcare Agreement: P29-Private sector mental health services, 2010 Health, Superseded 08/06/2011 Has been superseded by National Healthcare Agreement: PI 29-Private sector mental health services, 2012 Health, Retired 25/06/2013 See also National Healthcare Agreement: PI 21-Treatment rates for mental illness, 2011 Health, Superseded 31/10/2011 See also National Healthcare Agreement: PI 25-Specialist services, 2011 Health, Superseded 30/10/2011 See also National Healthcare Agreement: PI 28-Public sector community mental health services, 2011 Health, Superseded 31/10/2011 |