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released: 8 Jun 2007 media release

This publication reports the findings of a study the AIHW was commissioned to undertake on levels of unmet demand for specialist disability services funded under the Commonwealth State/Territory Disability Agreement. It gives estimates of current levels of unmet demand for accommodation and respite services, community access services, and disability employment services, and presents data and commentary relating to projected future demand and the key factors likely to influence levels of demand in coming years.

ISSN 1444-3589; ISBN 978-1-74024-685-9; Cat. no. DIS 50; 213pp.; $25.00

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Current and future demand for specialist disability services

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Publication table of contents

  • Preliminary material (161K PDF)
    • Half title and verso pages
    • Title and verso pages
    • Contents
    • Acknowledgments
    • Abbreviations
    • Summary
  • Sections
    1. Introduction (187K PDF)
      1. Project objectives and report outline
      2. The Commonwealth State/Territory Disability Agreement
      3. Bilateral agreements
      4. A statistical picture of the CSTDA in practice
    2. Framework and method (215K PDF)
      1. Study concepts and definitions
      2. Main data source
      3. Relating study concepts to data sources
      4. Data limitations
    3. Profile of met demand (212K PDF)
      1. Overview of services accessed, 2003 - 04 and 2004 - 05
      2. Profile of service users, 2004 - 05
      3. Service quantity
      4. Summary
    4. Jurisdiction data on unmet demand (213K PDF)
      1. Introduction
      2. Jurisdiction methods of managing demand
      3. Jurisdiction data on applicants waiting for services
      4. Conclusions
    5. Population estimates of demand and unmet demand (406K PDF)
      1. Approach and main data sources
      2. Accommodation and respite services: baseline estimates of unmet demand
      3. Community access services: baseline estimates of unmet demand
      4. Disability employment services: baseline estimates of unmet demand
      5. Consolidating the population estimates of unmet demand
      6. Summary
    6. Projections of future demand (179K PDF)
      1. Projected growth in population
      2. Projected growth in the population with a severe or profound core activity limitation
      3. Summary
    7. Demand for specialist disability services - interfaces, influences and perspectives (237K PDF)
      1. Introduction
      2. Interfaces between disability services and other service systems
      3. Other influences on demand for CSTDA services
      4. Perspectives from the field
    8. Study conclusions (101K PDF)
      1. Accommodation and respite services
      2. Community access services
      3. Employment services
      4. Broader data issues
  • End matter (609K PDF)
    • Appendixes
      • Appendix A: Detailed tables
      • Appendix B: The 'potential population' receiving specialist disability services - data from the CSTDANMDS
    • References
    • List of tables
    • List of appendix tables
    • List of figures and boxes

Recommended citation

AIHW 2007. Current and future demand for specialist disability services. Cat. no. DIS 50. Canberra: AIHW.