Indigenous Better Cardiac Care measure: 1.3-Primary care practitioner follow-up, 2016
Indicator Attributes
Identifying and definitional attributes | |
Metadata item type: | Indicator |
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Indicator type: | Indicator |
Short name: | 1.3-Primary care practitioner follow-up, 2016 |
METEOR identifier: | 657052 |
Registration status: | Health, Standard 17/08/2017 |
Description: | There are 2 measures reported for this indicator:
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Rationale: | This measure falls within Priority area 1 of the Better Cardiac Care project—early cardiovascular risk assessment and management. This priority area is based on the premise that all Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people who have no known cardiac disease should receive:
Active follow-up and management of risk factors for cardiac disease through regular monitoring, supporting smoking cessation and providing access to essential medicines are essential for maintaining health and reducing risk.
Data on primary care practitioner follow-up are not available, and thus 2 proxy measures are reported instead. |
Indicator set: |
Collection and usage attributes | |
Population group age from: | 18 years |
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Computation description: | Presented as a percentage. Definitions: Without a current and long-term circulatory condition—people who did not self-report any current or long-term heart or circulatory condition (comprising ischaemic heart diseases; other heart diseases; tachycardia; cerebrovascular diseases; oedema; diseases of arteries, arterioles and capillaries; diseases of veins and lymphatic vessels etc.; other diseases of the circulatory system; and symptoms or signs involving the circulatory system). At high risk of cardiac disease—people who reported having 1 or more of the following: self-reported Type 2 diabetes; self-reported hypertensive disease or measured high blood pressure (systolic or diastolic blood pressure >140/90 mmHg); self-reported high cholesterol or current smoker (includes those who smoked daily, at least weekly, or less than weekly). Current smokers— includes those who smoked daily, at least weekly, or less than weekly. |
Computation: | Crude rate: (Numerator ÷ Denominator) x 100 |
Numerator: | Measure 1.3.1: Number of Indigenous Australians aged 18 and over living in non-remote areas without a current and long-term circulatory condition who were at high risk of cardiac disease and had their blood pressure checked in the previous 2 years. Measure 1.3.2: Number of Indigenous Australians aged 18 and over without a current and long-term circulatory condition who were at high risk of cardiac disease, who saw a doctor/health professional or specialist in the previous 12 months and were current smokers who discussed quitting smoking. |
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Denominator: | Measure 1.3.1: Number of Indigenous Australians aged 18 and over living in non-remote areas without a current and long-term circulatory condition who were at high risk of cardiac disease. Measure 1.3.2: Number of Indigenous Australians aged 18 and over without a current and long-term circulatory condition, who were at high risk of cardiac disease, who saw a doctor/health professional or specialist in the previous 12 months and who were current smokers. |
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Disaggregation: | Current period (2012–13) by:
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Representational attributes | |
Representation class: | Percentage |
Data type: | Real |
Unit of measure: | Person |
Format: | N[NN].N |
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Reporting requirements: | Annual reporting by the Australian Institute of Health and Welfare (AIHW 2015, 2016). |
Organisation responsible for providing data: | Australian Bureau of Statistics |
Further data development / collection required: | Data development is required to fully report on this measure—specifically, information of primary care practitioner follow-up is not currently available. |
Source and reference attributes | |
Submitting organisation: | Australian Institute of Health and Welfare |
Origin: | AIHW 2016. Better Cardiac Care measures for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people: second national report 2016. Cat. no. IHW 169. Canberra: AIHW. |
Reference documents: | ABS 2013. Australian Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Health Survey: Users’ Guide, 2012–13. ABS cat. no. 4727.0.55.002. Canberra: ABS. AIHW (Australian Institute of Health and Welfare) 2015. Better Cardiac Care measures for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people: first national report 2015. Cat. no. IHW 156. Canberra: AIHW. AIHW 2016. Better Cardiac Care measures for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people: second national report 2016. Cat. no. IHW 169. Canberra: AIHW. NACCHO & RACGP (National Aboriginal Community Controlled Health Organisation & Royal Australian College of General Practitioners) 2012. National guide to a preventive health assessment for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people. South Melbourne: RACGP. |
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Related metadata references: | See also Indigenous Better Cardiac Care measure: 1.1-Annual health assessments, 2016 Health, Standard 17/08/2017 |