Practice Incentives Program Quality Improvement: 02b Proportion of regular clients with a tobacco smoking status result, 2020
Indicator Attributes
Identifying and definitional attributes | |
Metadata item type:![]() | Indicator |
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Indicator type:![]() | Indicator |
Short name:![]() | QIM 02b Proportion of regular clients with a tobacco smoking status result, 2020 |
METEOR identifier:![]() | 729781 |
Registration status:![]() | Health, Recorded 05/01/2021 |
Description:![]() | Proportion of regular clients aged 15 years and over whose tobacco smoking status has been recorded as one of the following: current smoker; ex-smoker; or never smoked. |
Rationale:![]() | In Australia, smoking continues to be the behavioural risk factor responsible for the highest levels of preventable disease and premature death. Recording systems that document tobacco use almost double the rate at which clinicians intervene with smokers leading to higher rates of smoking cessation. |
Indicator set:![]() | Practice Incentives Program Quality Improvement (PIP QI), 2020 Health, Recorded 05/01/2021 |
Collection and usage attributes | |
Population group age from:![]() | 15 |
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Population group age to:![]() | 65 and over |
Computation description:![]() | Proportion of regular clients who are aged 15 years and over and whose tobacco smoking status has been recorded within the previous 12 months as one of the following:
Data are reported quarterly for services delivered in the given period [previous 12 months]. Data from participating practices will be extracted following current age bracket disaggregation permission (as in the technical specification document). Extraction tool companies will apply filters to further disaggregate the data into two age groups ≥ 15 to <30 and ≥ 30 to rest (later group will be sub grouped accordingly). AIHW will add a footnote referring to the clinical notes for QIM 2a and 2b in its PHN specific PIP QI data visualisation and reports. |
Computation:![]() | Calculation A: (Numerator A ÷ Denominator) x 100 |
Numerator:![]() | Numerator Calculation A: Number of regular clients who are aged 15 years and over and whose tobacco smoking status has been recorded as 'current smoker' within the previous 12 months. |
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Denominator:![]() | Total number of regular clients who are aged 15 years and over and who have a tobacco smoking status recorded in the last 12 months. |
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Disaggregation:![]() | Disaggregation of data will be reported quarterly by:
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Representational attributes | |
Representation class:![]() | Proportion |
Data type:![]() | Real |
Unit of measure:![]() | Person |
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Source and reference attributes | |
Submitting organisation:![]() | The Australian Institute of Health and Welfare |
Steward:![]() | Australian Institute of Health and Welfare |
Origin:![]() | Department of Health 2020a. PIP QI Incentive Guidance. Department of Health, Canberra. Viewed 29 May 2020, |
Reference documents:![]() | Department of Health 2019. Practice Incentives Program Eligible Data Set Data Governance Framework. Department of Health, Canberra. Viewed 29 May 2020, Department of Health 2020b. PIP QI Improvement Measures: Technical Specifications. V. 1.1. Department of Health, Canberra. Viewed 29 May 2020, Department of Health 2020c. Practice Incentives Program Quality User Guide. Department of Health, Canberra. Viewed 22 June 2020, |