Indigenous health check (MBS 715) data tool

Tool first released. Included Medicare Local information from 1 July 2011 to 30 June 2013.

Source of Medicare Local Indigenous population data was preliminary estimates developed by the Public Health Information Development Unit, University of Adelaide.

Information at the national, jurisdiction and peer group level added.

Source of Medicare Local Indigenous population data changed to ABS 2011 estimated resident population (ERP).

Other Indigenous population data sources were 2011 ERP and projections to 2014.

MBS data from 1 July 2010 to 31 March 2014 (national and jurisdiction) accessed from Medicare Australia Statistics web page on 4 June 2014.

MBS data from 1 July 2013 to 31 March 2014 (Medicare Locals and peer groups) accessed from Medicare Australia Statistics webpage on 6 June 2014.

MBS data from 1 April 2014 to 30 June 2014 (national and jurisdiction) accessed from Medicare Australia Statistics web page on 4 September 2014.

MBS data from 1 April 2014 to 30 June 2014 (Medical Locals and peer groups) accessed from Medicare Australia Statistics web page on 12 September 2014.

MBS data from 1 July 2014 to 31 December 2014 (Medical Locals, peer groups, jurisdiction and national reports) accessed from Medicare Australia Statistics webpage on 2 March 2014.

Primary Health Networks, numbers of services where GPs work and calendar year data added.

Increased age disaggregation to 10 age groups for national and state and territory data.

Reported health check data for Australia and states and territories by calendar years, financial years and quarters up to 31 December 2015.

Medicare Local and Primary Health Network level data are reported up to 31 December 2014.

Showed data on number of health checks for Australia and states and territories by calendar years, financial years and quarters up to December 2016/June 2017.

Showed data on number of people receiving health checks for Australia and states and territories by financial years from July 2012 to 30 June 2015.

Deleted reports for Medicare Locals and peer groups