Posted by Michael Wonder on 11 Aug 2016
Public release of linkable 10% sample of Medicare Benefits Scheme (Medicare) and Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme (PBS) data
11 August 2016 - On 1 August 2016, the Department of Health released approximately 1 billion lines of de‑identified historical health data relating to approximately 3 million Australians on data.gov.au.
The information released includes details on services provided to Australians by doctors, pathologists, diagnostic imaging and allied health professionals together with details of subsidised scripts.
Research institutions, health professionals and universities will have access to linkable, individual Medicare and PBS claims data for a random 10% sample of Australians. The data release includes historical Medicare data (from 1984) and PBS data (from 2003) up to 2014.
