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Person—Medicare Benefits Schedule (MBS) benefit for General Practitioner service, total Australian currency N[N(8)]

Definition

The total Medicare (MBS) benefit a person is entitled to for a General Practitioner (GP) service, expressed in dollars.

Components

Data Element (this item)
Person—Medicare Benefits Schedule (MBS) benefit for General Practitioner service, total Australian currency N[N(8)]

Representation

This representation is based on the value domain for this data element, more information is available at " Total Australian currency N[N(8)] ".
Data Type Currency
Format N[N(8)]
Maximum character length 9

Comments

Guide for use:

GP attendances are on Medicare benefit-funded patient/doctor encounters, such as visits and consultations, for which the patient has not been referred by another doctor. GP attendances exclude services provided by practice nurses and Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander health practitioners on a GP’s behalf.

Data source type: Administrative by-product data

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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