National Health Performance Authority, Healthy Communities: Expenditure on after-hours GP attendances, 2013–14
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Metadata item type: | Indicator |
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Indicator type: | Indicator |
Short name: | Expenditure on after-hours GP attendances, 2013–14 |
METEOR identifier: | 620178 |
Registration status: | National Health Performance Authority (retired), Retired 01/07/2016 |
Description: | The total Medicare benefits expenditure for after-hours GP attendances claimed through the Medicare Benefits Schedule (MBS). |
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Population group age from: | All Ages |
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Computation description: | Average Medicare benefits expenditure per person on GP after-hours attendances. GP after-hours attendances are Medicare benefit-funded after-hours patient/doctor encounters, such as visits and consultations, for which the patient has not been referred by another doctor. They include urgent and non-urgent non-referred attendances. Relevant non-referred Medicare Benefits Schedule (MBS) items used in this indicator are: For urgent attendances after hours, all items in MBS Group A11 (Urgent attendance after hours). For non-urgent attendances after hours, all items in MBS Groups A22 (General practitioner attendances to which no other item applies) and A23 (other non-referred after hours attendances to which no other item applies). Expenditure on GP attendances does not include benefits paid for bulk billing items (MBS Items 10990, 10991, and 10992). These items are in 'Miscellaneous Services' (Category 9) in the MBS and are claimed as 'stand alone' items where the bulk billed service is a non-hospital unreferred service (other than pathology or diagnostic imaging) involving a person who is under 16 years of age or concessional. Since it is not always possible to determine the MBS item to which the incentive item relates expenditure on these items is included in 'Other MBS' (Broad Type of Service Group 'L') in official statistics. For the year of processing expenditure on bulk billing incentive items (MBS Items 10990, 10991 and 10992) other than pathology and diagnostic imaging was $542.6 million. Rates are directly age-standardised to the 2001 Australian population. In undertaking age standardisation of MBS data, the age of each person was determined from the last MBS service of any type, processed by the Department of Human Services in 2013–14. All MBS services for each individual processed in 2013–14, were attributed this age. For MBS data, Primary Health Network (PHN) and SA3 were derived from the enrolment postcode for each person from the last MBS service of any type, processed by the Department of Human Services in 2013–14. All MBS services for each individual processed in 2013–14 were attributed to this postcode. MBS postcode level data were allocated to PHN and SA3 regions using concordance files provided by the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS). SA3 level data for 2013-14 are not directly comparable to previous years due to a change in method for allocating post-office box (PO box) addresses to SA3 geographies. The change in method means that data for people with a PO box postcode recorded as their residential address may be included in SA3 totals. Individual SA3 level data has been provided for the Northern Territory for 2013-14. Previously, this data was provided at the state level only. Numerator data - Medicare (MBS) data provided by Department of Health for the financial year of processing, 2013-14. Denominator data – Estimated Resident Population at 30 June 2013 provided by ABS Presented per person. Before MBS data are published by NHPA all confidential data cells are suppressed.
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Computation: | (Numerator ÷ Denominator) Medicare benefits expenditure on after-hours GP attendances 2013-14 Medicare benefits expenditure on after-hours GP attendances, age standardised 2013-14 For more information about age-standardisation, please see: /content/index.phtml/itemId/327276
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Numerator: | Total Medicare benefits expenditure for after-hours GP attendances claimed through the Medicare Benefits Schedule (MBS) |
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Denominator: | Total estimate resident population (ERP) |
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Disaggregation: | By Primary Health Network areas |
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Representation class: | Mean (average) |
Data type: | Monetary amount |
Unit of measure: | Currency |
Format: | $NNNN.NN |
Indicator conceptual framework | |
Framework and dimensions: | PAF-Equity of access |
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Reporting requirements: | National Health Performance Authority-Performance & Accountability Framework |
Organisation responsible for providing data: | For MBS data, Department of Health. For ERP data, Australian Bureau of Statistics. |
Accountability: | National Health Performance Authority |
Release date: | 19/11/2015 |
Source and reference attributes | |
Submitting organisation: | National Health Performance Authority |
Origin: | Healthy Communities |
Reference documents: | National Health Performance Authority-Performance & Accountability Framework |
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