Dataset: Doctor Visits In Australia: DoctorAUS

About this Dataset

Doctor Visits In Australia: DoctorAUS

The “DoctorAUS” dataset provides insights into doctor visits and health-related factors among individuals in Australia during the years 1977–1978.
With a total of 5,190 observations, this cross-sectional dataset covers various aspects related to health, income, and insurance.
Key variables include:

Age: Age of individuals
**Income: **Annual income in tens of thousands of dollars
Sex: Gender (male or female)
Illness: Number of illnesses experienced in the past 2 weeks
Activity Days: Number of days with reduced activity due to illness or injury
Health Score (hscore): General health score using Goldberg’s method (ranging from 0 to 12)
Doctor Consultations (doctorco): Number of visits to doctors or specialists in the past 2 weeks
Non-Doctor Consultations (nondocco): Number of visits to non-doctor health professionals (e.g., chemists, opticians, physiotherapists) in the past 2 weeks
Hospital Admissions (hospadmi): Number of admissions to hospitals, psychiatric facilities, or nursing homes in the past 12 months
Hospital Stay Duration (hospdays): Number of nights spent in hospitals during the most recent admission
Medication Usage (medecine): Total number of prescribed and non-prescribed medications used in the past 2 days
Prescribed Medications (prescrib): Number of prescribed medications used in the past 2 days
Insurance Coverage: Contract type (medlevy, levyplus, freepoor, freerepa) based on insurance due to income or age disability/veteran status

Tables

Doctoraus

@kaggle.umairabbasi6_doctoraus.doctoraus

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5190 rows
15 columns


CREATE TABLE doctoraus (
  "sex" BIGINT,
  "age" DOUBLE,
  "income" DOUBLE,
  "insurance" VARCHAR,
  "illness" BIGINT,
  "actdays" BIGINT,
  "hscore" BIGINT,
  "chcond" VARCHAR,
  "doctorco" BIGINT,
  "nondocco" BIGINT,
  "hospadmi" BIGINT,
  "hospdays" BIGINT,
  "medecine" BIGINT,
  "prescrib" BIGINT,
  "nonpresc" BIGINT
);