Indigenous primary health care: PI04b-Proportion of Indigenous children who are fully immunised, 2013
Indicator Attributes
Identifying and definitional attributes | |
Metadata item type: | Indicator |
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Indicator type: | Indicator |
Short name: | PI04b-Proportion of Indigenous children who are fully immunised, 2013 |
METEOR identifier: | 438003 |
Registration status: | Health, Superseded 21/11/2013 Indigenous, Superseded 21/11/2013 |
Description: | Proportion of Indigenous children who are regular clients, aged:
and who are 'fully immunised'. |
Rationale: | Immunisation is highly effective in reducing morbidity and mortality caused by vaccine-preventable diseases. |
Indicator set: | Indigenous primary health care key performance indicators (2013) Health, Superseded 21/11/2013 Indigenous, Superseded 21/11/2013 |
Collection and usage attributes | |
Computation description: | Proportion of Indigenous children who are regular clients, aged:
and who are 'fully immunised'. ‘Regular client’ refers to a client of an OATSIH-funded primary health care service (that is required to report against the Indigenous primary health care key performance indicators) who has an active medical record; that is, a client who has attended the OATSIH-funded primary health care service at least 3 times in 2 years. Presented as a percentage. This indicator is calculated separately for each age milestone. 'Fully immunised' status is determined in accordance with the National Immunisation Program Schedule. The childhood vaccinations essential to be considered 'fully immunised' include:
A child is considered 'fully immunised' if they have received the following vaccinations by the specified age milestones:
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Computation: | (Numerator ÷ Denominator) x 100 |
Numerator: | Calculation A: Number of Indigenous children who are regular clients, aged 12 months to less than 24 months and who are 'fully immunised'. Calculation B: Number of Indigenous children who are regular clients, aged 24 months to less than 36 months and who are 'fully immunised'. Calculation C: Number of Indigenous children who are regular clients, aged 60 months to less than 72 months and who are 'fully immunised'. |
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Denominator: | Calculation A: Total number of Indigenous children who are regular clients and aged 12 months to less than 24 months. Calculation B: Total number of Indigenous children who are regular clients and aged 24 months to less than 36 months. Calculation C: Total number of Indigenous children who are regular clients and aged 60 months to less than 72 months. |
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Representational attributes | |
Representation class: | Proportion |
Data type: | Real |
Unit of measure: | Person |
Indicator conceptual framework | |
Framework and dimensions: | Effective/Appropriate/Efficient |
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Source and reference attributes | |
Submitting organisation: | Australian Institute of Health and Welfare (AIHW) Department of Health and Ageing (DoHA) |
Reference documents: | Department of Health and Ageing 2011. National Immunisation Program Schedule, Immunise Australia Program. Department of Health and Ageing, Canberra. Viewed 25 July 2011: http://www.health.gov.au/internet/immunise/publishing.nsf/content/nips2 |
Relational attributes | |
Related metadata references: | Has been superseded by Indigenous primary health care: PI04b-Proportion of Indigenous children who are fully immunised, 2014 Health, Superseded 13/03/2015 Indigenous, Superseded 13/03/2015 See also Indigenous primary health care: PI04a-Number of Indigenous children who are fully immunised, 2013 Health, Superseded 21/11/2013 Indigenous, Superseded 21/11/2013 |