1.2 Number of PBS prescriptions dispensed for quinolones per 100,000 people, 2013–14
Indicator Attributes
Identifying and definitional attributes | |
Metadata item type: | Indicator |
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Indicator type: | Indicator |
Short name: | Quinolone dispensing, 2013-14 |
METEOR identifier: | 611631 |
Registration status: | National Health Performance Authority (retired), Retired 01/07/2016 Australian Commission on Safety and Quality in Health Care, Standard 23/11/2016 |
Description: | Number of PBS prescriptions for quinolones per 100,000 people, age standardised. Data are disaggregated by the area in which the person lives. |
Indicator set: | Australian Atlas of Healthcare Variation National Health Performance Authority (retired), Retired 01/07/2016 Australian Commission on Safety and Quality in Health Care, Standard 23/11/2016 |
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Population group age from: | All ages | ||||
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Computation description: |
Presented as a number per 100,000 people, age standardised, by Statistical Area Level 3. Analysis by Statistical Area Level 3 (SA3) is based on postcode of usual residence of the patient which is based on the patient's Medicare enrolment postcode on the date the prescription was dispensed. SA3s with a total population of less than 2,500 are excluded. Suppression protocol for calculating age standardised:
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Computation: | 100,000 x (Numerator ÷ Denominator), age standardised For more information about age-standardisation, see /content/index.phtml/itemId/327276
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Numerator: | Number of PBS prescriptions dispensed for quinolones in 2013-14 | ||||
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Denominator: | Total population | ||||
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Disaggregation: | Statistical Area Level 3, which have been derived from Postcode—Australian (person):
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Representation class: | Rate | ||||
Data type: | Integer | ||||
Unit of measure: | Service event | ||||
Format: | NN[NNNN] | ||||
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Reporting requirements: | Australian Commission of Safety and Quality in Health Care's Atlas of Healthcare Variation, released November 2015 | ||||
Organisation responsible for providing data: | Department of Health | ||||
Accountability: | Australian Commission of Safety and Quality in Health Care | ||||
Source and reference attributes | |||||
Submitting organisation: | National Health Performance Authority |