National Health Performance Authority: Healthy Communities: Percentage of people who visit the GP at least once in a year who had depression, anxiety or both of these conditions 2005-2013
Indicator Attributes
Identifying and definitional attributes | |
Metadata item type: | Indicator |
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Indicator type: | Indicator |
Short name: | Percentage of people who visit the GP at least once in a year who had depression, anxiety or both of these conditions 2005-2013 |
METEOR identifier: | 593768 |
Registration status: | National Health Performance Authority (retired), Retired 01/07/2016 |
Description: | Patients with depression, anxiety or both of these conditions, is measured as the number of people who visit the GP at least once in a year who had depression, anxiety or both of these conditions, per 100 people who visit the GP at least once in a year. National Health Performance Authority analysis of BEACH SAND data (2005-2013) weighted to the attending patient population using Department of Human Services, Medicare Benefits Schedule statistics, 12 months ending 30 June 2013. |
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Collection and usage attributes | |
Computation description: | National Health Performance Authority analysis of BEACH SAND data (2005-2013) weighted to the attending patient population using Department of Human Services, Medicare Benefits Schedule statistics, 12 months ending 30 June 2013. |
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Computation: | 100 X (numerator/denominator) |
Numerator: | Number of GP presentations for patients with depression, anxiety or both of these conditions during the data period. Depression was defined using ICPC-2 code 76. Anxiety was defined as P01 and P74. |
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Denominator: | The SAND substudies conducted between July 2005 and June 2013 provided a sample of 861 GPs recording information for 25,855 patients. |
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Disaggregation: | By Medicare Local catchment peer group. |
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Representational attributes | |
Representation class: | Percentage |
Data type: | Integer |
Unit of measure: | Service event |
Format: | NN.N |
Indicator conceptual framework | |
Framework and dimensions: | PAF-Equity of access PAF-Effectiveness of access |
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Steward: | National Health Performance Authority |