Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander specific primary health care national key performance indicators December 2023
Indicator Set Attributes
Identifying and definitional attributes | |
Metadata item type: | Indicator Set |
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Indicator set type: | Other |
METEOR identifier: | 787918 |
Registration status: | Indigenous, Standard 25/02/2024 |
Description: | As part of the National Indigenous Reform Agreement (NIRA), the (then) Council of Australian Governments (COAG) agreed that the (then) Australian Government Department of Health and Ageing, in partnership with the state and territory health departments and in collaboration with the Australian Institute of Health and Welfare (AIHW), would develop a set of Key Performance Indicators for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander (First Nations) specific primary health care organisations. The purpose of the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander specific primary health care national Key Performance Indicators (nKPIs) is to provide reporting organisations with data that they can use for continuous quality improvement (CQI) and are based on best practice/clinical guidelines in three areas which are important for the health of First Nations people:
The data are also used at a national level to support policy, planning and progress (for example to consider progress against the COAG Closing the Gap targets, and support the national health goals set out in the National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Health Plan 2021–2031). The population of interest in the nKPIs is the First Nations regular client population of First Nations-specific primary health care organisations or maternal and child health programs/services funded by the Department of Health and Aged Care under its Indigenous Australians' Health Programme (IAHP), referred to as funded organisations. From June 2023 'First Nations' became the preferred terminology within the AIHW. Please note that material published prior to this date may use the word ‘Indigenous’. Terms such as 'Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander', 'Aboriginal' or 'Indigenous' may also be used when referring to the name of an organisation or Program’. |