| Indicator Id: |
313
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| Description: | Rate for hospital separations and hospital patient days for asthma |
| Indicator Source: |
Australian Centre for Asthma Monitoring (ACAM)
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| Data Available: | Yes |
| Data Source(s): |
Hospital morbidity database (AIHW)
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| Where Reported: | AIHW/ACAM Asthma in Australian 2005;AIHW/ACAM ACAM: Enhancing asthma-realted information for population monitoring 2005 |
| Data Issues: | The accuracy of the coding of hospital diagnoses for asthma in Australia is unknown |
| Numerator: | Hospital separation rate for asthma and hospital patient days for asthma |
| Denominator: | Total ERP |
| Suggested Reporting Categories: | Rate per 100,000 |
| AIHW Comments: | This indicator now combines two previous NHPA indicators - see indicator number 00096 and 00116 |
| Link to NHA indicator specifications: |
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| Link(s): |
AIHW: Asthma in Australia 2005
ACAM: Enhancing asthma-realted information for population monitoring 2005
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