Indicator set
An indicator set is a group of indicators combined to provide analysis on a broader topic. The aim of an indicator set is to measure improvements in service delivery in a particular sector or area. It represents an agreement to monitor what's actually happening in the Australian population, in a given area, with the aim of reaching a specified result or outcome. Indicator sets provide a way of monitoring the progress of healthcare and welfare services. Specific indicators are grouped together to provide the bigger picture of how a program is going overall.
Indicator sets have two parts:
- Outcome areas (the outcome being aimed at)
- Indicators (the measure of performance)
For example, look at the Indigenous primary health care key performance indicators June 2020 indicator set. This indicator set includes a wide range of Indigenous health measures, from birth weights and immunisation rates to smoking status and chronic disease rates.
Indicator sets and related indicators
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders
- Better Cardiac Care measures for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people
- The Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Child Placement Principle Indicators
- National Indigenous Reform Agreement
- Indigenous primary health care key performance indicators
Children
- National Framework for Protecting Australia's Children
- National Standards for Out-of-Home Care
- National Partnership Agreement on Early Childhood Education
Disability
Housing
Health
- Australian Health Performance Frameworks
- Improving Public Hospital Services
- Key Performance Indicators for Australian Public Mental Health Services
- National Core Maternity Indicators
- National Bowel Cancer Screening Program Performance Indicators
- National Healthcare Agreement
Clinical Care Standards
- Clinical care standard indicators: Acute Anaphylaxis
- Clinical care standard indicators: Acute Coronary Syndromes
- Clinical care standard indicators: Acute Stroke
- Clinical care standard indicators: Antimicrobial Stewardship
- Clinical care standard indicators: Cataract
- Clinical care standard indicators: Colonoscopy
- Clinical care standard indicators: Delirium
- Clinical care standard indicators: Heavy Menstrual Bleeding
- Clinical care standard indicators: Hip Fracture
- Clinical care standard indicators: Management of Peripheral Intravenous Catheters
- Clinical care standard indicators: Opioid Analgesic Stewardship in Acute Pain - Acute care edition
- Clinical care standard indicators: Osteoarthritis of the Knee
- Clinical care standard indicators: Third and Fourth Degree Perineal Tears
- Clinical care standard indicators: Venous Thromboembolism (VTE) Prevention