Indigenous primary health care: PI14b-Proportion of regular clients aged 50 years and over who are immunised against influenza, 2015-2017
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, 2015-2017 |
| METEOR identifier: | 663956 |
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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| Indicator set: | Indigenous primary health care key performance indicators (2015-2017) Health, Superseded 25/01/2018 Indigenous, Superseded 27/02/2018 |
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 Australian Government Department of Health-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 Department of Health-funded primary health care service at least 3 times in 2 years. For Indigenous people aged 50 years and over, the Australian Immunisation Handbook (DoH 2013) recommends immunisation against influenza. An Indigenous person aged 50 years and over is immunised against influenza if they have received an influenza vaccine within 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: |
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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 Australian Government Department of Health |
| Reference documents: | DoH (Australian Government Department of Health) 2013. Vaccination for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander People, Australian Immunisation Handbook, 10th Edition. Canberra: DoH. Viewed 9 February 2017, http://www.immunise.health.gov.au/internet/ |
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, 2015-2017
Supersedes Indigenous primary health care: PI14b-Proportion of regular clients aged 50 years and over who are immunised against influenza, 2015
Has been superseded by Indigenous primary health care: PI14b-Proportion of regular clients aged 50 years and over who are immunised against influenza, 2015-2017
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