Veterinary Services

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    NAME OF ORGANISATION
    Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS)

    OVERVIEW
    The collection included all non-government businesses classified to the Australian and New Zealand Standard Industrial Classification (ANZSIC) Class 8640 (Veterinary Services). The veterinary services industry (being a class in the health services subdivision) had been included for consideration in the 1997-98 allied health industries surveys, however, due to resource constraints and the tenuous link of veterinary services to allied health services did not proceed. It is part of an annual program of surveys targeting the Services Sector of the economy.

    PURPOSE
    The objective of the survey was to provide the fundamental base line data necessary to understand the nature of the veterinary services industry and to provide a benchmark for measuring change over time.

    SCOPE
    The scope of the survey was all private veterinary service businesses on the ABS Business Register classified to the Australian and New Zealand Standard Industry Classification (ANZSIC) Class 8640 Veterinary Services. This class comprises businesses of registered veterinary practitioners and also includes businesses mainly engaged in operating animal hospitals.

    DATA DETAIL

    Conceptual framework
    Not applicable

    Main outputs
    The tables in the publication include:

    • income breakdown by source, including by broad type of treatment and sales of merchandise (eg drugs, pet foods, accessories)
    • detailed breakdown of expenditure
    • characteristics of employment
    • location of establishment
    • State data (practices, locations, employment, wages and salaries, total income)
    • performance ratios

    Classifications

    ANZSIC

    According to the Australian and New Zealand Standard Industrial Classification (ANZSIC) (1292.0), each business unit is classified to a single industry. The industry allocated is based on an estimate expenditure on the primary activity of the management unit irrespective of whether a range of activities or a single activity is undertaken by the unit.

    ANSZIC has been used to classify management units included in this survey. Statistics in publications are generally presented at the ANZSIC Class level.

    Other concepts (summary)
    Not applicable

    GEOGRAPHIC DETAIL
    Australia
    New South Wales
    Victoria
    Queensland
    South Australia
    Western Australia
    Tasmania
    Northern Territory
    ACT
    Part of State Metropolitan
    Part of State Extra-Metropolitan

    Comments and/or Other Regions
    Data is available at Australia, State/Territory, and Met/Ex-Met level

    COLLECTION FREQUENCY
    Adhoc

    Frequency comments
    May be repeated, collection frequency may be 5-yearly, but currently unkown

    COLLECTION HISTORY
    Data was collected in respect of the 1999-2000 financial year. It was the first time this industry has been surveyed.

    DATA AVAILABILITY
    Yes

    Data availability comments
    Data available from publication: Veterinary Services, Australia (ABS Cat. No. 8564.0)


    DATE OF LAST UPDATE FOR THIS DOCUMENT
    17/09/2004 08:43 AM