Medicare Local code AANNN

Type: Value Domain
Identifiers: UUID - 6b36ab1e-158c-11e7-803e-0242ac110017; meteor:meteor/512829/
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Stewardship Organisation: Aristotle Demo Organisation
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Last updated
Created: 09 March 2015
Supersedes: None
Superseded by: None
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Definition

A code set representing the Medicare Locals into which each Australian state/territory is divided for the purposes of primary health care service provision and administration.

Representation

Data Type	String
Format	AANNN
Maximum character length	5

Values

	Value	Meaning	Start Date	End Date
Permissible Values	ML216	Hume	None	None
	ML101	Eastern Sydney	None	None
	ML102	Inner West Sydney	None	None
	ML103	South Eastern Sydney	None	None
	ML104	South Western Sydney	None	None
	ML105	Western Sydney	None	None
	ML106	Nepean - Blue Mountains	None	None
	ML107	Northern Sydney	None	None
	ML108	Sydney North Shore and Beaches	None	None
	ML109	Central Coast NSW	None	None
	ML110	Illawarra - Shoalhaven	None	None
	ML111	Hunter	None	None
	ML113	North Coast NSW	None	None
	ML114	New England	None	None
	ML115	Western NSW	None	None
	ML116	Murrumbidgee	None	None
	ML117	Southern NSW	None	None
	ML118	Far West NSW	None	None
	ML201	Inner North West Melbourne	None	None
	ML202	Bayside	None	None
	ML203	South Western Melbourne	None	None
	ML204	Macedon Ranges and North Western Melbourne	None	None
	ML205	Northern Melbourne	None	None
	ML206	Inner East Melbourne	None	None
	ML207	Eastern Melbourne	None	None
	ML208	South Eastern Melbourne	None	None
	ML209	Frankston - Mornington Peninsula	None	None
	ML210	Barwon	None	None
	ML211	Grampians	None	None
	ML212	Great South Coast	None	None
	ML213	Lower Murray	None	None
	ML214	Loddon - Mallee - Murray	None	None
	ML215	Goulburn Valley	None	None
	ML217	Gippsland	None	None
	ML301	Metro North Brisbane	None	None
	ML302	Greater Metro South Brisbane	None	None
	ML303	Gold Coast	None	None
	ML304	Sunshine Coast	None	None
	ML305	West Moreton - Oxley	None	None
	ML306	Darling Downs - South West Queensland	None	None
	ML307	Wide Bay	None	None
	ML308	Central Queensland	None	None
	ML309	Central and North West Queensland	None	None
	ML310	Townsville - Mackay	None	None
	ML311	Far North Queensland	None	None
	ML401	Northern Adelaide	None	None
	ML402	Central Adelaide and Hills	None	None
	ML403	Southern Adelaide - Fleurieu - Kangaroo Island	None	None
	ML404	Country South SA	None	None
	ML405	Country North SA	None	None
	ML501	Perth Central and East Metro	None	None
	ML502	Perth North Metro	None	None
	ML503	Fremantle	None	None
	ML504	Bentley - Armadale	None	None
	ML505	Perth South Coastal	None	None
	ML506	South West WA	None	None
	ML507	Goldfields - Midwest	None	None
	ML508	Kimberley - Pilbara	None	None
	ML601	Tasmania	None	None
	ML701	Northern Territory	None	None
	ML801	Australian Capital Territory	None	None

Comments

Comments:

Maps of the geographical areas covered by the various Medicare Locals and associated digital boundary files, suitable for use in geographic information systems, can be obtained from the Medicare Locals page on the Department of Health and Ageing website:

Medicare locals, Canberra. Viewed 14 July 2014,

List of Local Government Areas and Statistical Local Areas for each Medicare Local in Excel format (Excel 611 KB)

References

This content Based on Australian Institute of Health and Welfare material. Attribution provided as required under the AIHW CC-BY licence.

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