Indigenous-specific primary health care: PI04a-Number of Indigenous children who are fully immunised, December 2020
Indicator Attributes
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, December 2020 |
| METEOR identifier: | 739311 |
| Registration status: | Indigenous, Superseded 03/07/2022 |
| Description: | Number of Indigenous 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: | |
Collection and usage attributes | |
| Computation description: | Count of Indigenous regular clients, aged:
and who are 'fully immunised'. 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:
These immunisations reflect those required at the time this indicator was developed and may not reflect the latest National Immunisation Program (NIP) schedule. |
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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: | Census date for reporting is 31 December 2020. |
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: | |
Accountability attributes | |
| Reporting requirements: | Funding agreements between the Department of Health and the organisations funded under the Indigenous Australians' Health Programme (IAHP). |
| Organisation responsible for providing data: | Indigenous-specific primary health care organisations or maternal and child health programs/services funded by the Department of Health under its Indigenous Australians' Health Programme (IAHP), referred to as funded organisations. |
| Accountability: | Australian Institute of Health and Welfare/Department of Health. |
Source and reference attributes | |
| Submitting organisation: | Australian Institute of Health and Welfare |
| 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, June 2020 Health, Retired 13/10/2021 Indigenous, Superseded 14/07/2021 See also Indigenous-specific primary health care: PI04b-Proportion of Indigenous children who are fully immunised, December 2020 Indigenous, Superseded 03/07/2022 |