Indigenous primary health care: PI04a-Number of Indigenous children who are fully immunised, June 2020
Identifying and definitional attributes | |
Metadata item type: | Indicator |
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| Indicator type: | Output measure |
| Short name: | PI04a-Number of Indigenous children who are fully immunised, 2020–2021 |
| METEOR identifier: | 717277 |
| Registration status: |
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| Description: | Number of Indigenous children who are regular clients, aged:
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set: | Indigenous primary health care key performance indicators June 2020 Health, Retired 13/10/2021 Indigenous, Superseded 14/07/2021 |
Collection and usage attributes | |
| Computation description: | Count of Indigenous children who are regular clients, aged:
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 2019). The childhood vaccinations essential to be considered 'fully immunised' include:
A child is considered 'fully immunised' if they have received the following vaccinations by the specified age milestones:
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| 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: | |
| Comments: | This indicator covers a 24 month reporting period from 1 January 2020 to 31 December 2021:
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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: | 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) 2019. National Immunisation Program Schedule. Australian Government Department of Health, Canberra. Viewed 24 July 2019, https://www.health.gov.au/health-topics/immunisation/immunisation-throughout-life/national-immunisation-program-schedule
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Relational attributes | |
| Related metadata references: | Supersedes Indigenous primary health care: PI04a-Number of Indigenous children who are fully immunised, 2018-2019
See also Indigenous primary health care: PI04b-Proportion of Indigenous children who are fully immunised, June 2020
Has been superseded by Indigenous-specific primary health care: PI04a-Number of Indigenous children who are fully immunised, December 2020
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