Primary Care Reimbursement Service (PCRS)

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The HSE supports the delivery of primary healthcare by operating contracts with primary care contractors for the provision of health services to members of the public in their own community. **Purpose:** To support the delivery of primary healthcare by providing reimbursement services to primary care contractors for the provision of health services to members of the public in their own community. **Coverage:** The data covers the main national health schemes throughout the entire country. 1970- Present.

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Ehr

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Public Health Mental Health Epidemiology

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Eng

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Public

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healthcare registry statistics surveillance
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HSE National Health Schemes
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Creative Commons Attribution

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Identifier NDC-0113
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Issued 1970-01-01
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Max Typical Age 75
Metadata Created 2026-03-19T17:16:47.241575
Metadata Modified 2026-03-19T17:16:47.241579
Min Typical Age 15
Modified 2023-04-09
Name primary-care-reimbursement-service-pcrs-113
Notes The HSE supports the delivery of primary healthcare by operating contracts with primary care contractors for the provision of health services to members of the public in their own community. **Purpose:** To support the delivery of primary healthcare by providing reimbursement services to primary care contractors for the provision of health services to members of the public in their own community. **Coverage:** The data covers the main national health schemes throughout the entire country. 1970- Present.
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Number Of Records 142928
Number Of Unique Individuals 5828
Private False
Provenance Claim data is processed and payments are made by the Primary Care Reimbursement Service under the following Schemes/Payment Arrangements:  General Medical Services (GMS)  Drugs Payment Scheme (DPS)  Long Term Illness Scheme (LTI)  Dental Treatment Services Scheme (DTSS)  European Economic Area (EEA)  High Tech Drugs (HTD)  Primary Childhood Immunisation Scheme  Health (Amendment) Act 1996  Methadone Treatment Scheme  Health Service Executive Community Ophthalmic Services Scheme (HSE-COS)  Immunisations for certain GMS Eligible Persons  General Practitioner Visit Card (GPVC) Data is collected via both electronic and manual data capture approaches. Data is captured record by record in real time as its generated and also in batches from various parts of the health system, e.g. HSE offices and Pharmacies etc.
Title Primary Care Reimbursement Service (PCRS)
Type dataset