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Definition

The cost in Australian dollars of all consumables of a medical or surgical nature (excluding drug supplies) but not including expenditure on equipment repairs, for a financial year.

Components

Data Element (this item)

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:
Gross expenditure should be reported with no revenue offsets, except for inter-hospital transfers.

Origin:
National Health Data Committee

References

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Output in Derivations 0
Inclusion in Data Set Specifications 20
Inclusion in Data Distributions 0
As a numerator in an Indicator 3
As a denominator in an Indicator 0
As a disaggregation in an Indicator 0