AIHW - Indigenous Eye Health Measures - Medicare Benefits Scheme (MBS) Item 715 Health Assessment (PHN) 2014-2015

This dataset presents the footprint of the percentage of Indigenous people who had a Medicare Benefits Scheme (MBS) item 715 health assessment by client location. The location of the client is based on their place of usual residence. The data spans the financial year of 2014-2015 and is aggregated to 2015 Department of Health Primary Health Network (PHN) areas, based on the 2011 Australian Statistical Geography Standard (ASGS).\n\nThe data is sourced from the Department of Health - Medicare Benefits Schedule data, which is a listing of Medicare services that are subsidised by the Australian Government. It is part of the Medicare program, managed by the Department of Health and administered by the Department of Human Services. Through the Medicare program, all Australian residents and certain categories of visitors to Australia are entitled to benefits for medical and hospital services. These benefits are based on fees determined for each service provided. These services are itemised, forming the schedule of fees. Statistics on each item are collected when benefits are claimed.\n\nFor further information about this dataset, visit the data source: [Australian Institute of Health and Welfare - Indigenous Eye Health Measures 2017 Data Tables.](https://www.aihw.gov.au/reports/indigenous-australians/indigenous-eye-health-measures-2017/data)\n\nPlease note:\n\n * AURIN has spatially enabled the original data using the [Department of Health - PHN Areas.](https://www1.health.gov.au/internet/main/publishing.nsf/Content/PHN-Home)\n\n * The data are crude rates.\n

本数据集呈现了按服务对象所在地划分的、接受过医疗保险福利计划（Medicare Benefits Scheme, MBS）项目715健康评估的澳大利亚原住民人口占比的地域分布情况。服务对象的所在地以其惯常居住地为依据。数据覆盖2014-2015财年，且依据2011年澳大利亚统计地理标准（Australian Statistical Geography Standard, ASGS），聚合至2015年卫生署（Department of Health）基层医疗网络（Primary Health Network, PHN）区域范围。

本数据集的数据源自卫生署医疗保险福利计划费用清单数据，该清单为澳大利亚政府补贴的医保服务项目列表。其作为澳大利亚医疗保险（Medicare）项目的组成部分，由卫生署管理，人类服务部（Department of Human Services）负责执行。依托澳大利亚医疗保险项目，全体澳大利亚居民以及符合特定类别要求的赴澳访客，均可申领医疗与住院服务补贴。此类补贴以每项服务的核定收费标准为基准，各项服务均逐项列明，形成医保收费价目清单。当申领补贴时，系统便会收集对应服务项目的相关统计数据。

如需了解本数据集的更多详情，请访问数据源：[澳大利亚卫生与福利研究所（Australian Institute of Health and Welfare, AIHW）——2017年原住民眼部健康衡量指标数据表](https://www.aihw.gov.au/reports/indigenous-australians/indigenous-eye-health-measures-2017/data)

请注意：
* 澳大利亚城市与区域信息网络（Australian Urban and Regional Information Network, AURIN）已借助[卫生署基层医疗网络区域](https://www1.health.gov.au/internet/main/publishing.nsf/Content/PHN-Home)的边界数据，对原始数据集完成了空间化适配处理。
* 本数据集所采用的统计指标均为粗率。