Medicare Benefits Schedule Statistics

Created 19/11/2015

Updated 11/08/2023

The Department of Health published quarterly and annual summary reports online. The Department of Human Services provides an interactive online tool that allows for searching on services provided and benefits paid for items in the MBS.

Data is available for research purposes at detailed aggregate and unit record levels under terms and conditions that ensure compliance with the relevant legislation under which the collection has been made. A range of aggregate data has been made available on the Internet for public use.

Excel spreadsheets of quarterly and annual summary reports covering: * Number of services and bulk billing services; * Benefit paid and fee charged * Schedule fee and schedule fee observance; and * patient contribution for out-of-hospital and patient billed services

Interactive online searching on the Internet that returns services and benefits for items and groups in the MBS. These can be viewed by State, patient gender, age group and over time (e.g. by month).

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Title Medicare Benefits Schedule Statistics
Language English
Licence Not Specified
Landing Page https://data.gov.au/data/dataset/526e3bdf-57b2-4b3d-931c-843baaeb9381
Contact Point
Department of Health and Aged Care
statistics@humanservices.gov.au
Reference Period 19/11/2015
Geospatial Coverage
Map data © OpenStreetMap contributors
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Data Portal Data.gov.au