Table 2 Most commonly identified primary care datasets for ‘secondary use’ and their characteristics identified by respondents
Times mentioned | Dataset used for secondary purposes | Jurisdiction | Data extraction/collection tool | Purpose |
|---|---|---|---|---|
 > 20 | Primary Health Network (PHN) collected data (individual datasets held by 28 PHNs) | National | PenCS tools, POLAR, Primary Sense | Audit, health planning, quality improvement, sometimes research |
20 | NPS MedicineInsight | National | GRHANITE® and cdmNET | Post market surveillance, audit, research |
11 | BEACH (Bettering the Evaluation and Care of Health) data (1998–2016) | National | Paper-based data collection | Research |
11 | Outcome Health and POLAR data | NSW, Victoria | POLAR | Audit (used by PHNs), research |
11 | Medical Benefits Scheme (MBS) data | National | Administrative claims | Administrative, audit, research |
11 | Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme (PBS) data | National | Administrative claims | Administrative, audit, research |
9 | PHN related Primary Mental Health Care Minimum Data Set | National | PenCS tools | Audit, health planning, quality improvement, |
7 | Patron primary care data repository/Data for Decisions (University of Melbourne) | Victoria | GRHANITE® | Research |
4 | Aboriginal Community Controlled Organisations/Aboriginal Medical Services | National | Administrative data | Clinical care, audit |
4 | Australian Institute of Health and Welfare (AIHW) held data (in addition AIHW was mentioned in relation to access to other AIHW held datasets such as PBS, MBS) | National | Administrative data | Audit, health planning |
3 | Australian Immunisation Register (AIR) | National | Administrative data | Audit, surveillance |
3 | University of NSW ePractice-Based Research Network data | NSW | GRHANITE® | Research |
3 | Medical Director (clinical software vendor held data) | National | Cloud-based collection | Not stated |
3 | 10% MBS and PBS sample data (no longer available) | National | Administrative claims | Research |
3 | Patient Reported Experience Measures (Australian Bureau of Statistics) | National | Household survey questionnaire | Care planning |
3 | My Health Record | National | Cloud-based collection | Clinical care, research |