Returns on Investment in public health: An epidemiological and economic analysis. Department of Health and Ageing, 2003.
ISBN 0 6428219 1 7.
8
A Growing Problem. Trends in Patterns of Overweight and Obesity Among Adults in Australia 1980-2001. Australian Institute of
Health and Welfare.2003 .
9 Magarey AM, Daniels LA, Boulton JC. Prevalence of overweight and obesity in Australian children and adolescents. MJA
2001;174:561-564.
10 Protecting Australia from Communicable Diseases - Everybody's Business. Special Report from the Chief Medical Officer.
Department of Health and Ageing, 2003.
11 Electronic Decision Support for Australia's Health Sector. Report to Health Ministers by the National Electronic Decision Support Taskforce. January 2003. Department of Health and Ageing.
12
14 The nationally agreed health priority areas are: cardiovascular health, cancer control, diabetes, mental health, asthma and injury prevention and control.
Quarterly Surveillance Report (April 2003) from the National Centre in HIV Epidemiology and Clinical Research.
17
Relates to indicator 4.
18
Relates to indicator 3.
19
Relates to indicator 2.
20
Relates to indicators 1 and 3.
21
Relates to indicator 2.
22
Relates to indicators 1, 2, 3.
23
Relates to indicator 3.
24
Relates to indicators 1, 2, 3 and 4.
25
Relates to indicators 2 and 4.
26
Relates to indicators 1, 2 and 4.
27
Relates to indicator 2.
28
Relates to indicators 2 and 4.
29
Relates to indicators 1, 2 and 3.
30
Relates to indicators 1, 2 and 4.
31
Relates to indicators 2 and 4.
32
Relates to indicators 1, 2 and 4.
33
Relates to indicators 2 and 3.
34 Australian Institute of Health and Welfare (AIHW) 2003. Cervical Screening in Australia 1999–2000. AIHW Cat. No. 16. Canberra: Australian Institute of Health and Welfare (Cancer Series no. 21).
35
Relates to indicator 3.
36
Relates to indicator 2.
37
Relates to indicators 1, 2 and 3.
38
Relates to indicator 2.
39
Relates to indicator 3.
40
Relates to indicator 3.
41
Department of Health and Ageing, 2003, p.11.
42
Anti-smoking promotions, lifestyle programs, HIV/AIDS, immunisation programs, and injury prevention.
43
Relates to indicator 3.
44
Relates to indicator 1.
45
Relates to indicator 2.
46
Relates to indicator 1.
47
Relates to indicator 9.
48
Relates to indicator 10.
49
Relates to indicator 3.
50
Relates to indicator 9.
51
Relates to indicator 10.
52
Relates to indicator 7.
53
Relates to indicator 4.
54
Relates to indicator 8.
55
Relates to indicator 5.
56
Relates to indicator 2.
57
Relates to indicator 6.
58
General Practice Strategy Review Group, General Practice: Changing the future through partnerships, the Australian Government, Department of Health and Family Services, Canberra, 1998, p.222.
59
Measure previously titled ‘Number of States and Territories signed up for Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme Measure and Share arrangements.’ The pharmaceutical reforms offered by the Australian Government under the AHCAs are not measure and share arrangements. While this funding offer has risk sharing arrangements this is not as a measure and share arrangement.
60
Relates to indicator 4.
61 Estimate based on the HACC Minimum Data Set data collection for 2002–03.
62 Relates to indicator 3.
63
This does not including funding for flexible care places provided as community care packages by Multipurpose Services.
64
Relates to indicator 6.
65
Relates to indicator 1.
66
The ratios in Table 3.1 are based on estimates of the population aged 70 yrs and over as at 30 June 2003 from the Australian Bureau of Statistics 1998 Population Projections Series 3. The places in Table 3.1 include flexible care places, attributed as high care, low care or CACPs. EACH places are attributed as high care residential. The higher levels of provision in the Northern Territory address the care needs of Aboriginal people aged 50 years and over.
67
Relates to indicator 7. This information is reported for 2001–02, as ACAT data are not provided to the Department in any year in time for the Department’s annual report.
68
The provision of services to people from diverse cultural and linguistic backgrounds, Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples, veterans and war widows and widowers, and people in rural and remote areas Relates to indicator 5.
69
For further information go to the Agency’s website at .
70
Relates to indicator 2a.
71
Relates to indicator 2c
72
Relates to indicator 2b.
73
For further information go to the Commissioner’s website at .
74
ncludes people under 70 years of age. Based on the HACC Minimum Data Set (MDS) data collection for 2002–03.
75
The 2001–02 report stated the number of HACC clients in that year as 594,000. The figure did not take into account HACC service providers that failed to submit data. The revised figure of 650,000 is an estimated number of clients served in 2001–02 by all service providers.
76
This information is reported for 2001–02 as ACAT data are not provided to the Department in any year in time for the Department’s annual report.
77
This information is reported for 2001-02, as ACAT data are not provided to the Department in any year in time for the Department’s annual report.
78
Relates to indicators 1, 2 and 3.
79
Relates to indicator 1.
80
Relates to indicators 1, 6a and 6c.
81
Relates to indicator 6.
82
Relates to indicators 4 and 5.
83
The Rural, Remote and Metropolitan Areas (RRMA) classification uses populations and statistical local area (SLA) boundaries to categorise SLAs according to their remoteness. RRMA 4 is defined as a ‘small rural centre’—an SLA containing an urban centre with population range 10,000 to 24,999.
84
Relates to indicator 8a.
85
Relates to indicator 7.
86
This funding is in addition to the funding already provided through Medicare, the Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme, Health Care Agreements with the States and Territories, and aged care funding.
87
Relates to indicator 2b.
88
Relates to indicator 2a.
89
Relates to indicator 3a.
90
Relates to indicator 3b.
91
Relates to indicator 1.
92
Relates to indicator 4a.
93
Relates to indicator 4b.
94
Relates to indicator 3.
95
Relates to indicator 2.
96
Relates to indicator 1.
97
Relates to indicator 4.
98
Relates to indicator 5.
99
Relates to indicator 6.
100
Relates to indicator 2.
101
This performance indicator and target are from the set of national performance indicators and targets for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander health status which all health Ministers agreed to report against in 1997 and subsequently refined in early 2001.
102
Relates to indicator 2.
103
Relates to indicator 3.
104
Relates to indicator 1a.
105
Relates to indicator 1c.
106
Relates to indicator 1b.
107
Relates to indicator 2c.
108
Relates to indicator 2a.
109
Relates to indicator 3.
110
Relates to indicator 2b.
111
Relates to indicator 2e.
112
Relates to indicator 3c.
113
Relates to indicator 3b.
114
AIHW (2002) Australia’s Health 2002. Australian Institute of Health and Welfare Canberra.
115
Relates to indicator 3g.
116
Relates to indicator 3f.
117
Diabetes and Associated Disorders in Australia 2000—The Accelerating Epidemic. Dr D Dunstan, Prof P Zimmet, Prof T Welborn, Dr R Sicee, Dr T Armstrong, Prof R Atkins, Mr A Cameron, Dr J Shaw and Dr S Chadban on behalf of the AusDiab Steering Committee. Published by International Diabetes Institute, Melbourne 2001.
118
Relates to indicator 3e.
119
Relates to indicator 2e.
120
Relates to indicator 3a.
121
Relates to indicator 3d.
122
Relates to indicator 1.
123
Relates to indicator 2f.
124
Relates to indicator 6.
125
Relates to indicator 2a.
126
Relates to indicator 2b.
127
Relates to indicator 2c.
128
Relates to indicator 2d.
129
Relates to indicator 4a.
130
Relates to indicator 4b.
131
Relates to indicator 4c.
132
Relates to indicator 5.
133
The new Research Committee incorporates the roles and functions of the previous Research Committee and the Strategic Research Development Committee.
134
Relates to indicator 8a.
135
Relates to indicator 8b.
136
Relates to indicator 9.
137
Relates to indicator 10a.
138
Relates to indicator 10b.
139
CRS Australia is a business unit within the Department. It operates its own corporate business planning, financial management, information technology and certified agreement with staff.