Indigenous primary health care: PI04a-Number of Indigenous children who are fully immunised, 2015-2017

Identifying and definitional attributes
Metadata item type:	Indicator
Indicator type:	Output measure
Short name:	PI04a-Number of Indigenous children who are fully immunised, 2015-2017
METEOR identifier:	686410
Registration status:	Health, Superseded 17/10/2018 Indigenous, Superseded 17/10/2018
Description:	Number of Indigenous children who are regular clients, aged: 12 months to less than 24 months; 24 months to less than 36 months; 60 months to less than 72 months; 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Indicator set:	Indigenous primary health care key performance indicators (2015-2017) Health, Superseded 17/10/2018 Indigenous, Superseded 17/10/2018

Collection and usage attributes
Computation description:	Count of Indigenous children who are regular clients, aged: 12 months to less than 24 months; 24 months to less than 36 months; 60 months to less than 72 months; and who are 'fully immunised'. ‘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. Presented as a number. This indicator is calculated separately for each age milestone. 'Fully immunised' status is determined in accordance with the National Immunisation Program Schedule (DoH 2013). The childhood vaccinations essential to be considered 'fully immunised' include: DTPa (diphtheria, tetanus, pertussis) HiB (haemophilus influenzae type B) Polio Hep B (hepatitis B) MMR (measles, mumps, rubella). A child is considered 'fully immunised' if they have received the following vaccinations by the specified age milestones: At 12 months: 3 doses DTPa; 3 doses Polio; 2 or 3 doses HiB; 2 or 3 doses Hep B At 24 months: 3 doses DTPa; 3 doses Polio; 3 or 4 doses HiB; 3 doses Hep B; 1 dose MMR At 60 months: 4 doses DTPa; 4 doses Polio; 2 doses MMR.
Computation:	Numerator only.
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'.
Numerator data elements:	Data Element / Data Set Person—age, total years N[NN] Data Source Indigenous primary health care data collection NMDS / DSS Indigenous primary health care NBEDS 2017–18 Data Element / Data Set Child—fully immunised recorded indicator, yes/no code N Data Source Indigenous primary health care data collection NMDS / DSS Indigenous primary health care NBEDS 2017–18 Data Element / Data Set Person—Indigenous status, code N Data Source Indigenous primary health care data collection NMDS / DSS Indigenous primary health care NBEDS 2017–18 Guide for use The implementation start date for this data element in the Indigenous primary health care NBEDS 2017-18 is 1 December 2017. Data Element / Data Set Person—regular client indicator, yes/no code N Data Source Indigenous primary health care data collection NMDS / DSS Indigenous primary health care NBEDS 2017–18 Guide for use The implementation start date for this data element in the Indigenous primary health care NBEDS 2017-18 is 1 December 2017.
Representational attributes
Representation class:	Count
Data type:	Real
Unit of measure:	Person
Format:	N[N(6)]
Indicator conceptual framework
Framework and dimensions:	Effective/Appropriate/Efficient
Data source attributes
Data sources:	Data Source 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. National Immunisation Program Schedule. Canberra: DoH. Viewed 9 February 2017, http://www.immunise.health.gov.au/internet/ immunise/publishing.nsf/Content/national-immunisation-program-schedule.
Relational attributes
Related metadata references:	Supersedes Indigenous primary health care: PI04a-Number of Indigenous children who are fully immunised, 2015-2017 Health, Superseded 25/01/2018 Indigenous, Superseded 27/02/2018 Has been superseded by Indigenous primary health care: PI04a-Number of Indigenous children who are fully immunised, 2018-2019 Health, Superseded 16/01/2020 Indigenous, Superseded 14/07/2021 See also Indigenous primary health care: PI04b-Proportion of Indigenous children who are fully immunised, 2015-2017 Health, Superseded 17/10/2018 Indigenous, Superseded 17/10/2018