PET - Plain English Taxonomy

Attribute: OI12563
Concept:
Label: Number of policies
Concept Guidance:
This is the number, as at the relevant date, of private health insurance policies. 
Dimensions
Dimension Member Description
(ExcessAndCoPayments)
This dimension categorises the reported data according to the amount of money a policy holder agrees to pay before private health insurance benefits are payable.
The information reported is in relation to policies under which an agreed, excess, amount is paid by the policy holder for hospital treatment and/or general treatment services, reducing the benefit otherwise payable in exchange for lower premium costs.
(NonExclusionaryPolicies)
This dimension categorises the reported data according to whether a private health insurance policy has exclusions for certain types of hospital treatment.
The information reported is in relation to a private health insurance policy that does not have any exclusion.
(Single)
This dimension categorises the reported data according to the type and number of people covered by a private heath insurance policy.
The information reported is in relation to a policy under which only one person is insured.
(HospitalTreatmentOnly)
This dimension categorises the reported data according to the type of treatment covered by a private health insurance policy.
The information reported is in relation to treatments that are only hospital treatment.