Improving the quality of Indigenous identification in hospital separations data

Summary 

This report presents the outcomes of a project funded by the Australian Health Ministers' Advisory Council and directed at establishing a basis for improving Indigenous identification in hospital separations data. It provides:

• an account of current and past assessments of the quality of Indigenous status data
• an account of jurisdictions' policies and processes for Indigenous identification
• the findings of an analysis of Indigenous identification in national separations data
• a set of guidelines to support the analysis of information on Indigenous status
• recommendations for improving Indigenous status information in hospital separations data.