Number of Specialist Attendances per Person
Identifying Attributes
Care Settings
Country
Publishing Organisation
Type of Quality Indicator
IOM Quality Dimension
Setting-Specific Domain
Defining Attributes
Definition
The number of specialist attendances per person. A claim is classified as a specialist attendance if the item is in the Broad Type of Service group: Specialist attendance (C/200), and the service is not conducted in a hospital.
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. Specialist attendances exclude obstetrics attendances, which are included in the 'Obstetrics' Broad Type of Service group in official MBS claims data.
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).