Number of optometry services claimed through the Medicare Benefits Schedule (MBS) or Department of Veterans’ Affairs (DVA).
This item has been retired and is not recommended for use by any registration authority.
Definition
Optometry service use per 1,000 population.
Indicator Summary
All Medicare Benefits Schedule (MBS) items in Group A10 of the MBS:
10900, 10905, 10907, 10912, 10913, 10914, 10915, 10916, 10918, 10921, 10922, 10923, 10924, 10925, 10926, 10927, 10928, 10929, 10930, 10931, 10932, 10933, 10940, 10941, 10942, 10943.
Rates directly age-standardised to the 2001 Australian population.
Medicare Benefits Scheme data presented by Indigenous status are adjusted for under-identification in the …
2008-09 and 2009–10 (updated for DVA data), and 2010–11—Nationally, by SEIFA Index of Relative Socioeconomic Disadvantage (IRSD) deciles
2008-09 and 2009–10 (updated for DVA data), and 2010–11— State and territory, by:
- Indigenous status (Medicare Benefits Scheme data only).
- remoteness (Australian Standard Geographical Classification Remoteness Structure).
- SEIFA IRSD quintiles.
Some disaggregations may result in numbers too small for publication.
Calculation rules
- Description
All Medicare Benefits Schedule (MBS) items in Group A10 of the MBS:
10900, 10905, 10907, 10912, 10913, 10914, 10915, 10916, 10918, 10921, 10922, 10923, 10924, 10925, 10926, 10927, 10928, 10929, 10930, 10931, 10932, 10933, 10940, 10941, 10942, 10943.
Rates directly age-standardised to the 2001 Australian population.
Medicare Benefits Scheme data presented by Indigenous status are adjusted for under-identification in the Medicare Australia Voluntary Indigenous Identifier (VII) database.
Analysis by state and territory, remoteness and SEIFA Index of Relative Socioeconomic Disadvantage (IRSD) is based on the postcode of residence of person as recorded in Medicare Australia's database at the date the last service was recieved in the reference period.
Presented per 1,000 population.
Number of optometry services claimed through the Medicare Benefits Schedule (MBS) or Department of Veterans’ Affairs (DVA).
Total population
2008-09 and 2009–10 (updated for DVA data), and 2010–11—Nationally, by SEIFA Index of Relative Socioeconomic Disadvantage (IRSD) deciles
2008-09 and 2009–10 (updated for DVA data), and 2010–11— State and territory, by:
- Indigenous status (Medicare Benefits Scheme data only).
- remoteness (Australian Standard Geographical Classification Remoteness Structure).
- SEIFA IRSD quintiles.
Some disaggregations may result in numbers too small for publication.
References
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