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released: 8 Feb 2005 author: Australian Centre for Asthma Monitoring

Targeting and evaluating interventions to improve asthma outcomes, a National Health Priority Area, requires good quality and timely data. The Australian System for Monitoring Asthma, in consultation with various stakeholders, has developed a systemic plan to improve the quality of existing data. In addition to developing time-series, the plan allows for national data development to catch up for indicators that are not able to be monitored currently.

ISBN 978 1 74024 443 5; Cat. no. ACM 4; 26pp.; OUT OF PRINT

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Publication table of contents

  • Preliminary material
    • List of tables
    • Acknowledgments
    • Abbreviations
    • Executive summary
    • Introduction
    • Why the need for enhanced asthma-related information?
    • Monitoring risk groups
    • Objectives of this plan
    • Framework for data development to monitor asthma indicators
  • Sections
    • Level 1: Indicators with accepted definitions and nationwide data sources
      • 1.1 Death rate for asthma among persons aged 5 - 34 years and all ages
      • 1.2 Rate of hospital separations and hospital patient days for asthma
    • Level 2: Indicators with no nationwide data source available
      • 2.1 Prevalence of current asthma
      • 2.2 Prevalence of wheeze in the preceding 12 months
      • 2.3 Prevalence of smoking in households where children with asthma reside
      • 2.4 Number of individuals with a hospital separation for asthma and hospital re-admissions for asthma within 28 days
      • 2.5 Hospital re-attendance rate for asthma within 28 days
      • 2.6 Asthma-related emergency department attendance
      • 2.7 Proportion of people with current asthma with an asthma action plan
      • 2.8 Proportion of people with asthma who use preventers regularly
    • Conclusions and recommendations
  • End Matter
    • References

Recommended citation

Australian Centre for Asthma Monitoring 2005. Enhancing asthma-related information for population monitoring: asthma data development plan 2005. Asthma. Cat. no. ACM 4. Canberra: AIHW.