First Nations-specific primary health care: PI26a-Number of First Nations regular clients aged 0–14 years who have a completed ear health check recorded, June 2024
Indicator Attributes
Identifying and definitional attributes | |
Metadata item type: | Indicator |
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Indicator type: | Output measure |
Short name: | PI26a-Number of First Nations regular clients aged 0–14 years who have a completed ear health check recorded, June 2024 |
METEOR identifier: | 791609 |
Registration status: | Indigenous, Standard 27/04/2024 |
Description: | This indicator has 3 parts:
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Rationale: | Regular and accurate assessment of ear health is important to ensure early identification and management of ear disease and associated hearing loss. Collecting data on ear health checks will improve understanding of availability and/or accessing of these checks in primary health care. |
Indicator set: |
Collection and usage attributes | |
Population group age from: | 0 years. |
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Population group age to: | 14 years. |
Computation description: | This indicator has 3 parts:
Presented as a number. Count is of people, not ear health checks. Clients may be counted in one or all parts of the indicator. For example:
Include: ear health checks recorded within the previous 12 months. For the purposes of this indicator, included ear health checks are either:
Include: ear health checks that have been conducted outside the First Nations-specific primary health care organisation within the previous 12 months, by any provider type such as ear health checks conducted by visiting health professionals or audiologists. Counting rules:
Limitations:
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Computation: | Numerator only. |
Numerator: | Calculation A: Number of First Nations regular clients aged 0–14 who had a check of the appearance of both ear canals and eardrums recorded as ‘completed’ within the previous 12 months. Calculation B: Number of First Nations regular clients aged 0–14 who had a check of the movement of both eardrums recorded as ‘completed’ within the previous 12 months. Calculation C: Number of First Nations regular clients aged 0–14 who had a check of the appearance of both ear canals and eardrums recorded as ‘completed’ within the previous 12 months AND a check of the movement of both eardrums recorded as ‘completed’ within the previous 12 months. |
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Disaggregation: | 1. Sex: 2. Age group: |
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Comments: | Census date for reporting is 30 June 2024. Data for this indicator are collected as a pilot but are not currently publicly reported. |
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 |
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Accountability attributes | |
Reporting requirements: | Funding agreements between the Department of Health and Aged Care and the organisations funded under the Indigenous Australians' Health Programme (IAHP). |
Organisation responsible for providing data: | 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 IAHP, referred to as funded organisations. |
Accountability: | Australian Institute of Health and Welfare/Department of Health and Aged Care |
Source and reference attributes | |
Submitting organisation: | Australian Institute of Health and Welfare |
Reference documents: | Solving Health (2024) Specifications for national Key Performance Indicators and Online Services Reporting, Solving Health, accessed 16 April 2024. |
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