Service event—General Practitioner (GP) service, total number NN[N]

GP attendances are MBS non-referred attendances provided by medical practitioners, excluding services provided by practice nurses and Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander health practitioners on behalf of medical practitioners. GP attendances represent non-referred attendances between patients and medical practitioners for the purposes of primary health care.

In terms of ‘Broad Type of Service’ Groups, GP attendances comprise all items in Broad Type of Service Group ‘A’ – GP/VRGP non-referred attendances, ‘M’ – Enhanced Primary Care and ‘B’ – Non-referred other attendances as published in official MBS statistics by the Department of Human Services and the Department of Health.

In terms of the Medicare Benefits Schedule (MBS) structure, GP attendances comprise all items in:

• Group A1 – general practitioner attendances to which no other item applies

• Group A2 – other non-referred attendances to which no other item applies

• Group A5 – prolonged attendances to which no other item applies

• Group A6 – group therapy

• Group A7 – acupuncture

• Group A11 – urgent attendances after hours

• Group A14 – health assessments

• Group A15, subgroup 1 – GP management plans, team care arrangements and multidisciplinary care plans

• Group A15, subgroup 2, items 735-758 – multidisciplinary case conference – medical practitioner (other than a specialist or consultant physician)

• Group A16 – medical practitioner sports physician attendances

• Group A17 – domiciliary and residential management reviews

• Group A18 – general practitioner attendances associated with PIP incentive payments

• Group A19 – other non-referred attendances associated with PIP incentive payments to which no other item applies

• Group A20 – general practitioner mental health treatment

• Group A22 – general practitioner after hours attendances to which no other item applies

• Group A23 – other non-referred after hours attendances to which no other item applies

• Group A27 – pregnancy support counselling

• Group A30 – medical practitioner telehealth attendances.