The Medicare Benefits Schedule (MBS) data collection contains information on services that qualify for a benefit under the Health Insurance Act 1973 and for which a claim has been processed. The database comprises information about MBS claims (including benefits paid), patients and service providers.
AIHW has access to the complete dataset held by the Australian Government Department of Health for approved studies, including data linkage projects (see AIHW Data Integration Services Centre).
The dataset is owned and managed by the Department of Health. The Department has issued a Public Interest Certificate approving AIHW access to MBS claims data for research and statistical purposes.
The AIHW holds valuable data on a wide range of health and welfare topics and provides end-to-end data services to ensure strong evidence is available to the community, policymakers, researchers and service providers. For more information, please see our services.
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Temporal coverage from 1/2/1984 |
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Geographical coverage National |
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Data availability
Client specified tables on request which may be subject to data provider approval (charges apply). Unit records are not available. There are restrictions and limitations governing the availability or use of other data in this holding. |
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Data scope MBS claims data are an administrative by-product of the Department of Human Services administration of the Medicare fee-for-service payment system. |
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Methodology Admin data |
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Metadata information and data quality statement (DQS) Not specifically available for this data collection, however, the Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme (PBS) state/territory data extract 2013-14 provided to states and territories may be useful to users of the data. |
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External links and information MBS online (Department of Health) |
| Contact [email protected] |