Indigenous primary health care: PI04a-Number of Indigenous children who are fully immunised, 2015
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, 2015 |
METEOR identifier: | 588989 |
Registration status: | Health, Superseded 05/10/2016 Indigenous, Superseded 20/01/2017 |
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Indicator set: | Indigenous primary health care key performance indicators (2015) Health, Superseded 05/10/2016 Indigenous, Superseded 20/01/2017 |
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 OATSIH-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 OATSIH-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 2013). 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'. |
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Representational attributes | |
Representation class: | Count |
Data type: | Real |
Unit of measure: | Person |
Indicator conceptual framework | |
Framework and dimensions: | Effective/Appropriate/Efficient |
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Source and reference attributes | |
Submitting organisation: | Australian Institute of Health and Welfare Department of Health |
Reference documents: | DoH (Australian Government Department of Health) 2013. National Immunisation Program Schedule. Canberra: DoH. Viewed 28 October 2014, |
Relational attributes | |
Related metadata references: | Supersedes Indigenous primary health care: PI04a-Number of Indigenous children who are fully immunised, 2014 Health, Superseded 13/03/2015 Indigenous, Superseded 13/03/2015 Has been superseded by Indigenous primary health care: PI04a-Number of Indigenous children who are fully immunised, 2015-2017 Health, Superseded 25/01/2018 Indigenous, Superseded 27/02/2018 See also Indigenous primary health care: PI04b-Proportion of Indigenous children who are fully immunised, 2015 Health, Superseded 05/10/2016 Indigenous, Superseded 20/01/2017 |