National Healthcare Agreement: PI 56-People aged 65 years or over receiving sub-acute services, 2012

Collection and usage attributes

Sub-acute care includes separations with a care type of rehabilitation, palliative care, geriatric evaluation and management, and psychogeriatric care.

Rates directly age-standardised to the 2001 Australian population for disaggregation by remoteness and SEIFA Index of Relative Socioeconomic Disadvantage (IRSD) only.

Analysis by state and territory is based on location of service.

Analysis by remoteness and SEIFA IRSD is based on usual residence of person.

Presented as:

• a number, and
• per 1,000 population.

Number

1,000 × (Numerator ÷ Denominator) 

2009–10—Nationally, by SEIFA Index of Relative Socioeconomic Disadvantage (IRSD) deciles

2007–08 (resupplied for revised Indigenous and SEIFA analysis), and 2009–10—State and territory, by:

• age group (65-69, 70-74, 75-79, 80-84, 85 years and over)
• Indigenous status
• remoteness (Australian Standard Geographical Classification Remoteness Structure)
• SEIFA IRSD quintiles 

Some disaggregation may result in numbers too small for publication. National disaggregation by Indigenous status will be based on data only from jurisdictions for which the quality of Indigenous identification is considered acceptable.

Most recent data available for 2012 CRC report: 2009–10.

The scope of the National Hospital Morbidity Database (NHMD) is episodes of care for admitted patients in essentially all hospitals in Australia, including public and private acute and psychiatric hospitals, free-standing day hospital facilities, alcohol and drug treatment hospitals and dental hospitals.

Representational attributes

Indicator conceptual framework

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