Use of routinely collected national data sets for reporting on induced abortion in Australia
released: 14 Dec 2005 author: Hargreaves J, Grayson N & Sullivan EA media release
This report examines the utility of the available routinely collected national data sources for enumerating induced abortion in Australia. It outlines a methodology for estimating the number of induced abortions in Australia using the Medicare data and the National Hospital Morbidity Database (NHMD) data.
ISSN 1321-8336; ISBN 978 1 74024 522 7; Cat. no. PER 30; 88pp.; OUT OF PRINT
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Publication table of contents
- Foreword
- List of tables
- Acknowledgments
- Abbreviations and symbols
- Executive summary
- 1 Introduction
- 2 Methods
- 3 Induced abortion estimate
- 4 Induced abortion in the NHMD
- 5 Medicare data
- 6 Induced abortion at or after 20 weeks gestation
- 7 Other national routinely collected data sets
- 8 Data development
- Glossary
- References
Recommended citation
Hargreaves J, Grayson N & Sullivan EA 2005. Use of routinely collected national data sets for reporting on induced abortion in Australia. Perinatal statistics series no. 17. Cat. no. PER 30. Canberra: AIHW.