Measures of health service use
| Measure | Data source | Outcome measured |
| GP attendance | Medicare billing data | Total no and type of GP visits |
| Paediatrician attendance | Medicare billing data | Total no and type of specialist physician visits |
| Audiology assessment | Medicare billing data | Total no of audiology attendances |
| Dental assessment | DHPDS database | Total no of dental visits |
| Optometry assessment | Medicare billing data | Total no of optometry visits |
| Mental health visits | Medicare billing data (psychiatry, psychology, GP mental health visits) Visit to mental health service as recorded in CMI/ODS | Total no of mental health attendances; subtotals for different services |
| Community health centre visits | CHMDS database | No and type of community health services |
| ED attendances | VEMD | Total no of visits to ED |
| Hospital admissions | VAED | Total no of admissions to hospital |
| Hospital outpatient clinic attendances | VINAH | Total no of outpatient clinic attendances and type of clinic |
CHMDS, Community Health Minimum Dataset; CMI/ODS, Client Management Interface/Operational Dataset; DHPD, Dental Health Program Dataset; ED, emergency department; GP, general practitioner; VAED, Victorian Admitted Episodes Dataset; VEMD, Victorian Emergency Minimum Dataset; VINAH, Victorian Integrated Non-admitted Health Dataset.