Number of General Practitioner Attendances in Aged-Care Homes 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
Service Delivery and Care Planning
Defining Attributes
Definition
The number of general practitioner (GP) attendances in residential aged-care facilities per patient who received at least one GP attendance in a facility.
Numerator
Total services from eligible claims. This does not include any bulk-billed incentive items or other top-up items.
Denominator
Count of patients where the sum of GP attendances in residential aged-care facilities is greater than or equal to 1.
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
No
Risk Adjustments
None
Stratifications
By Primary Health Network (PHN).
Collection and Reporting Attributes
Type of Data Collection
Administrative data
Data Collection Methods
Medicare Benefits Schedule (MBS)
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