Number of people aged 15 years and over who accessed a particular health services in the past 12 months (for hospital admissions) or 2 weeks (for other health services)
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Definition
Proportion of people who accessed health services by health status.
Indicator Summary
Rates are directly age-standardised to the Australian population as at 30 June 2001.
Limited to people aged 15 years or over.
The service types to be reported are Admitted hospitalisations; Casualty/outpatients; General Practioner (GP) and/or specialist doctor consultations; Consultations with other health professional; and Dental consultation.
Categories of self-assessed health status are Excellent; Very good; Good; Fair; and Poor. These …
Calculation rules
- Description
Rates are directly age-standardised to the Australian population as at 30 June 2001.
Limited to people aged 15 years or over.
The service types to be reported are Admitted hospitalisations; Casualty/outpatients; General Practioner (GP) and/or specialist doctor consultations; Consultations with other health professional; and Dental consultation.
Categories of self-assessed health status are Excellent; Very good; Good; Fair; and Poor. These should be combined into two categories for reporting: Excellent/very good/good; and Fair/poor.
For the service type 'Admitted hospitalisations', access is recorded based on the last 12 months. For all other services, access is recorded based on the last 2 weeks.
Number of people aged 15 years and over who accessed a particular health services in the past 12 months (for hospital admissions) or 2 weeks (for other health services)
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- Data Element
- Person—age, total years N[NN]
Population aged 15 years and over
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- Data Element
- Person—age, total years N[NN]
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- Data Element
- Person—age, total years N[NN]
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