Definition
Indicator Summary
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.
Rates are directly age-standardised …
Nationally and by state and territory, by service type, by:
- self-assessed health status
- self-assessed health status by Indigenous status
- self-assessed health status by remoteness (Australian Standard Geographical Classification Remoteness Structure)
- self-assessed health status by SEIFA Index of Relative Socioeconomic Disadvantage (IRSD) quintiles
Nationally, by SEIFA IRSD deciles
Some disaggregation may result in numbers too small for publication.
Calculation rules
- Description
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.
Rates are directly age-standardised to the 2001 Australian population.
Limited to people aged 15 years or over.
The service types to be reported are admitted hospitalisations; casualty/outpatients; GP and/or specialist doctor consultations; consultations with other health professional; dental consultation.
Analysis by remoteness and SEIFA Index of Relative Socioeconomic Disadvantage (IRSD) is based on usual residence of person.
Presented as a percentage; 95% confidence intervals and relative standard errors are calculated for rates.
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- Data Element
- Person—age, total years N[NN]
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- Data Element
- Person—age, total years N[NN]
Nationally and by state and territory, by service type, by:
- self-assessed health status
- self-assessed health status by Indigenous status
- self-assessed health status by remoteness (Australian Standard Geographical Classification Remoteness Structure)
- self-assessed health status by SEIFA Index of Relative Socioeconomic Disadvantage (IRSD) quintiles
Nationally, by SEIFA IRSD deciles
Some disaggregation may result in numbers too small for publication.
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- Data Element
- Person—age, total years N[NN]
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