Person—MBS Health Assessment for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander People (MBS Item 715) indicator, yes/no code N
Data Element Attributes
Identifying and definitional attributes | |
Metadata item type: | Data Element |
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Short name: | MBS Health Assessment for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander People (MBS Item 715) indicator |
METEOR identifier: | 441371 |
Registration status: | Health!, Superseded 21/11/2013 |
Definition: | An indicator of whether a person has received a Medicare Benefits Schedule (MBS) Health Assessment for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander People (Item 715), as represented by a code. |
Data Element Concept: | Person—MBS Health Assessment for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander People (MBS Item 715) indicator |
Value Domain: | Yes/no code N |
Value domain attributes | ||
Representational attributes | ||
Representation class: | Code | |
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Data type: | Boolean | |
Format: | N | |
Maximum character length: | 1 | |
Value | Meaning | |
Permissible values: | 1 | Yes |
2 | No |
Data element attributes | |
Collection and usage attributes | |
Guide for use: | CODE 1 Yes A person has received an MBS Health Assessment for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander People (MBS Item 715). CODE 2 No A person has not received an MBS Health Assessment for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander People (MBS Item 715). |
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Comments: | The MBS Health Assessment for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander People (MBS Item 715) is used to ensure that Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people receive primary health care matched to their needs, by encouraging early detection, diagnosis and intervention for common and treatable conditions that cause morbidity and early mortality. The health assessment includes an assessment of the patient’s health, including their physical, psychological and social wellbeing. It also assesses what preventive health care, education and other assistance should be offered to the patient to improve their health and wellbeing. |
Source and reference attributes | |
Submitting organisation: | Australian Institute of Health and Welfare (AIHW) |
Origin: | Department of Health and Ageing 2011. Medicare Benefits Schedule (MBS) Health Assessment for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander People (MBS Item 715), Department of Health and Ageing, Canberra, viewed 27/05/2011, |
Relational attributes | |
Related metadata references: | Has been superseded by Person—MBS Health Assessment for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander People (MBS Item 715) indicator, yes/no code N Health!, Standard 11/11/2014 Indigenous, Standard 13/03/2015 |
Implementation in Data Set Specifications: | Indigenous primary health care DSS 2012-14 Health!, Superseded 21/11/2013 Indigenous, Superseded 21/11/2013 Implementation start date: 01/07/2012 Implementation end date: 30/06/2014 Conditional obligation: This item is only collected for persons aged 0-4 years, and persons aged 25 years and over. DSS specific information: In the Indigenous primary health care DSS, this data element is collected once for persons aged 0-4 years who have received the MBS Health Assessment for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander People within the previous 12 months, and once for persons aged 25 years and older who have received the MBS Health Assessment for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander People within the previous 24 months. |
Implementation in Indicators: |
Used as Numerator
Indigenous primary health care: PI03a-Number of regular clients who received an MBS Health Assessment for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander People (MBS Item 715), 2012 Health!, Superseded 23/02/2012 Indigenous primary health care: PI03a-Number of regular clients who received an MBS Health Assessment for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander People (MBS Item 715), 2013 Health!, Superseded 21/11/2013 Indigenous, Superseded 21/11/2013 |