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released: 26 Feb 2004

This report provides a background to defining and measuring National Health Priority Area (NHPA) indicators for asthma. The issues surrounding the selection, operational definition and measurement of indicators for asthma are presented. The report incorporates the view of stakeholders who were consulted in the development process through workshops around Australia.

Cat. no. ACM 2; 148pp.; INTERNET ONLY

Available at http://www.asthmamonitoring.org/...

Publication table of contents

  • Executive summary 
  • 1 Introduction 
  • 2 Issues around monitoring asthma indicators 
  • 3 Assessment of and recommendations for asthma indicators developed by AIHW in 2000 
  • 4 Draft operational definitions for asthma indicators proposed by ACAM in 2003 
  • 5 Data source review 
  • Abbreviations 
  • Glossary 
  • Appendix: Contributors and acknowledgments 
  • References 

Recommended citation

Australian Centre for Asthma Monitoring 2004. Review of proposed National Health Priority Area asthma indicators and data sources. Cat. no. ACM 2. Canberra: AIHW. Viewed 13 January 2013 <http://www.aihw.gov.au/publication-detail/?id=6442467579>.