Number of General Practitioner Attendances per Person
Identifying Attributes
Care Settings
Country
Publishing Organisation
Type of Quality Indicator
IOM Quality Dimension
Domain
Defining Attributes
Definition
The number of general practitioner attendances per person. A claim is classified as a GP attendance if the service is in any of the following Broad Type of Service groups: non-referred attendances – GP/VRGP (A/101), non-referred attendances – Enhanced Primary Care (M/102), non-referred attendances – Other (B/103).
Numerator
Total services from eligible claims. This does not include any bulk-billed incentive items or other top-up items.
Denominator
Estimated Resident Population (ERP) as at 30 June at the previous end of financial year.
Exclusions
Any bulk-billed incentive items or other top-up items.
Use of Risk Adjustment
Risk Adjustments
Direct age-standardisation
Stratifications
By Primary Health Network (PHN) area, Statistical Areas Level 3 (SA3s), sex and age group in years (<15, 15-24, 25-44, 45-64, 65+).
Collection and Reporting Attributes
Type of Data Collection
Data Collection Methods
Medicare Benefits Schedule (MBS) and Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) Estimated Resident Population (ERP).