Indigenous primary health care: PI14b-Proportion of regular clients aged 50 years and over who are immunised against influenza, 2014
Identifying and definitional attributes | |
Metadata item type: | Indicator |
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| Indicator type: | Indicator |
| Short name: | PI14b-Proportion of regular clients aged 50 years or more who are immunised against influenza, 2014 |
| METEOR identifier: | 504737 |
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| Description: | Proportion of regular clients who are Indigenous, aged 50 years and over and who are immunised against influenza. |
| Rationale: | Influenza remains a major cause of illness and death among Indigenous adults. Vaccination has been demonstrated to reduce deaths. |
| Indicator set: | Indigenous primary health care key performance indicators (2014) Health, Superseded 13/03/2015 Indigenous, Superseded 13/03/2015 |
Collection and usage attributes | |
| Population group age from: | 50 years |
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| Computation description: | Proportion of regular clients who are Indigenous, aged 50 years and over and who are immunised against influenza. ‘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. For Indigenous people aged 50 years and over, the Australian Immunisation Handbook (DoHA 2008) recommends immunisation against influenza. An Indigenous person aged 50 years and over is immunised against influenza if they have received an influenza vaccine in the previous year. Presented as a percentage. |
| Computation: | (Numerator ÷ Denominator) x 100 |
| Numerator: | Number of regular clients who are Indigenous, aged 50 years and over and who are immunised against influenza. |
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| Denominator: | Total number of regular clients who are Indigenous and aged 50 years and over. |
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| Disaggregation: | 1. Sex: a) Male b) Female |
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Representational attributes | |
| Representation class: | Percentage |
| Data type: | Real |
| Unit of measure: | Person |
Indicator conceptual framework | |
| Framework and dimensions: | Effective/Appropriate/Efficient |
Data source attributes | |
| Data sources: | Indigenous primary health care data collection Frequency 6 monthly Data custodian Australian Institute of Health and Welfare. |
Source and reference attributes | |
| Submitting organisation: | Australian Institute of Health and Welfare Department of Health |
| Reference documents: | Department of Health and Ageing 2008. Vaccination for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander People, Australian Immunisation Handbook, 9th Edition. Department of Health and Ageing, Canberra. Viewed 22 July 2011: http://www.health.gov.au/internet/immunise/publishing.nsf/Content/Handbook-indigenous |
Relational attributes | |
| Related metadata references: | See also Indigenous primary health care: PI14a-Number of regular clients aged 50 years and over who are immunised against influenza, 2014
Supersedes Indigenous primary health care: PI14b-Proportion of regular clients aged 50 years and over who are immunised against influenza, 2013
Has been superseded by Indigenous primary health care: PI14b-Proportion of regular clients aged 50 years and over who are immunised against influenza, 2015
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