Medicare Benefits Expenditure on General Practitioner Attendances per Person
Identifying Attributes
Care Settings
Primary Care
Country
Australia
Publishing Organisation
Australian Institute of Health and Welfare (AIHW): Healthy community indicators
Type of Quality Indicator
Outcome
IOM Quality Dimension
Efficiency
Domain
Wait and System Planning / Access
Defining Attributes
Definition
The Medicare benefits expenditure on 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 benefit paid for eligible claims.
Denominator
Estimated Resident Population (ERP) as at 30 June at the previous end of financial year.
Exclusions
None
Use of Risk Adjustment
Yes
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
Administrative data
Data Collection Methods
Medicare Benefits Schedule (MBS) and Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) Estimated Resident Population (ERP).
Frequency of Data Collection
Frequency of Data Collection in Days
Reporting Methods
Reporting Frequency
Reporting Frequency in Days
Indicator Has Recommended Targets
No
Source and Reference Attributes
Link to Measurement Tools
Quality Indicator Confirmed to be Part of a Program Used to Monitor Quality and Safety of Care Among Older People at a Population-Level between 2012-2022
Yes
Assessed by the Australian Consortium for Aged Care Collaborators as Generally Containing Good Properties (Importance and Scientific Acceptability)
No
Australian Consortium for Aged Care Endorsed
No
Identified by PHARMA-Care Project
No
Upload Date
02 December 2025
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Date Modified 02 December 2025