A picture of osteoarthritis in Australia
Osteoarthritis is the most common chronic joint disease, causing large amounts of disability and pain in the Australian community. Osteoarthritis impacts on the mental health and quality of life of people with the disease. There are a number of risk factors for osteoarthritis including excess weight or obesity, joint injury, repetitive kneeling or squatting and repetitive heavy lifting. Osteoarthritis can be effectively managed with medication, exercise and in some cases surgery. This report brings together the latest data to highlight the impact of osteoarthritis in Australia. The report includes information on the causes, treatment and management of the disease. The information included in the report should be useful to the broader community, policy makers and anyone with an interest in osteoarthritis.
Current and future demand for specialist disability services
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.
CSTDA NMDS tables prepared for the CSTDA annual public report 2004-05
This report is a technical, statistical complement to the 'CSTDA annual public report 2004-05', presenting but not describing the tables prepared by the Australian Institute of Health and Welfare for use in chapters 6 and 7 of that report. These tables are based on data from the 2004-05 Commonwealth State/Territory Disability Agreement National Minimum Data Set.
Therapy and equipment needs of people with cerebral palsy and like disabilities in Australia
This report considers the need for therapy and equipment among people with cerebral palsy and similar disabilities. Various sources of information have been used to examine the effectiveness of therapy and equipment, and the nature and extent of met and unmet need for therapy and equipment in Australia. Three estimates of the annual cost of meeting unmet need for therapy among people with cerebral palsy and like disabilities are provided.
Life expectancy and disability in Australia 1988 to 2003
Life expectancy has increased markedly over the last century. Has the number of years lived with illness or disability fallen or risen as overall life expectancy has lengthened? This report explores this question, focusing on years lived with disability. The report updates previous estimates of 'health expectancies' in Australia and examines the changes over a period of 15 years, from 1988 to 2003.
Disability support services 2004-05: national data on services provided under the Commonwealth State/Territory Disability Agreement
'Disability support services 2004-05' reports on data collected as part of the Commonwealth State/Territory Disability Agreement National Minimum Data Set (CSTDA NMDS) between 1 July 2004 and 30 June 2005. The NMDS provides information on the service outlets funded under the CSTDA and the people who use these services.The report includes a strong focus on data relating to the support needs, informal carers and living arrangements of people who access CSTDA-funded services. For the first time, some comparisons between two full financial years of CSTDA data (2003-04 and 2004-05) are included.
Disability updates: children with disabilities
This bulletin updates information on disability among Australian children (aged up to 14 years). It draws mostly on the 2003 ABS Survey of Disability, Ageing and Carers and it describes the number of children with disabilities, the types of disability they have, their experience in school, and the needs of their carers.
Australian incontinence data analysis and development
The 'Australian incontinence data analysis and development' report presents a profile of the Australian population experiencing incontinence and describes the sorts of data items recommended to improve the collection of incontinence data. Part A of the report (Incontinence in Australia) investigates the prevalence, experience and burden of incontinence in Australia and the related monetary costs and expenditure associated with the condition. Part B (Developing continence data standards) then focuses on the development and description of data items for inclusion in future continence data collections.
Disability rates among Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people: updating the Indigenous factor in disability services performance indicator denominators
The 'potential population' is an estimate of the number of people who may at some time require access to specialist disability services and is used as the denominator of national performance indicators for disability services. Previously titled 'Potential population: updating the Indigenous factor in disability services performance indicator denominators'.
Disability and disability services
This publication is based on an extract of Australia's Welfare 2005
Functioning and related health outcomes module, the development of a data capture tool for health and community services information systems
This report describes work that sets out to explore the value of a module of information on functional status as a health outcomes measure and to develop a framework for the development of such a module.
CSTDA NMDS tables prepared for the CSTDA annual public report 2003-04
The Commonwealth State/ Territory Disability Agreement Annual Public Report 2003-04 (NDA 2005) was approved for release by the Community and Disability Services Ministers' Conference in July 2005. The present report is, essentially, a technical, statistical complement to the CSTDA Annual Public Report, presenting but not describing the tables prepared for use in Chapter 7 of that report. These tables are based on data from the 2003-04 Commonwealth State/Territory Disability Agreement National Minimum Data Set (CSTDA NMDS). For a more detailed report on the 2003-04 CSTDA NMDS, please refer to the AIHW publication Disability Support Services 2003-04 (AIHW 2005). Current until 4 November 2006.
Functioning and related health outcomes module
The FRHOM is a new compact module that can provide a summary that reflects the person's current status across all components of functioning as defined in the International Classification of Functioning, Disability and Health (ICF) (WHO 2001). This report informs people interested in improving information on human functioning within and across a wide range of fields, and/or interested in testing the FRHOM in 2005-06.
Disability support services 2003-04: national data on services provided under the Commonwealth State/Territory disability agreement
This report presents data on services provided or funded by governments under the CSTDA, and the people accessing these services between 1 July 2003 and 30 June 2004.The report presents a range of data relating to service users, their characteristics, their informal carers, and patterns of service usage. In addition, there is information on the service outlets providing disability support services nationwide during 2003-2004.
Medical indemnity national collection (public sector) data guide: data items and definitions 2003-04
The data guide can also be found as additional material to 'Medical indemnity national data collection, public sector 2003 to 2004'. It is designed to assist all those involved in supplying or analysing Medical Indemnity National Collection (MINC) data. It details the scope and context of the MINC, and then presents the medical indemnity information model and counting rules. The data guide also provides detailed information about every data item in the MINC. Current until 4 August 2006.
Medical indemnity national data collection, public sector 2003 to 2004
The Medical Indemnity National Data Collection: public sector 2003 to 2004 presents data on the number, nature, incidence and costs of public sector medical indemnity claims over the period 1 July 2003 to 30 June 2004. The report describes incidents that gave rise to claims, the people affected by these incidents, and the size, outcome and key aspects of the processing of medical indemnity claims.This is the second report originating from the Medical Indemnity National Collection (public sector) and the first to present data over a full financial year period. This report will be useful for policy-makers, health administrators, clinicians and health professionals, and health service users.
Data starter, issue 2 July 2005: collecting disability data, a guide for service providers
Data Starter 2 is intended to provide a resource for service providers by outlining the steps that are involved in planning and developing a disability data collection. The Starter outlines the types of information that may be gathered, gives practical advice on how to get started, and provides guidance on data management and analysis and on privacy implications of collecting data. This document is a companion to Data Starter 1,which describes existing disability data and how they can be obtained.
Indigenous disability data inventory
This Indigenous disability data inventory provides a list of publications and other information sources which have led to, or could lead to, improved national disability data on Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander populations. These sources may include data concerning Indigenous people with a disability or discuss Indigenous data development issues, such as Aboriginal identification. Many also consider the various ways disability is conceptualised by Indigenous people. Current until 21 June 2006.
Homeless SAAP clients with a disability 2002-03
This bulletin provides an overview of assistance given to people with a disability by the Supported Accommodation Assistance Program (SAAP), the major response by the Australian Government and state and territory governments to resolve and prevent homelessness. In this report the SAAP 'disability' client group is compared to the 'non-disability' client group to examine their characteristics and needs and the ability of SAAP to support homeless people with disabilities.
First medical indemnity National Data Collection Report, public sector: January to June 2003
This report describes the development of and presents the first six months' data from the newly developed national collection of data on medical indemnity claims in the public sector.The medical indemnity national collection (MINC) includes both claims that have materialised (eg where legal action has commenced) and potential claims (ie matters considered likely to materialise into a claim, where a reserve has been set). The data in this report cover claims current at any time during the reporting period 1 January to 30 June 2003.
CSTDA NMDS tables prepared for the CSTDA annual public report 2002-03
In July 2004 the Community and Disability Services Conference approved the release of the Commonwealth State/Territory Disability Agreement Annual Public Report 2002-03 (NDA 2004). By agreement with the National Disability Administrators, the Australian Institute of Health and Welfare prepared a set of tables to be used in Chapter 4 of that report. The present brief report contains the tables supplied for that purpose, for the use of those readers requiring the tables underpinning the text and figures in the CSTDA Annual Public Report. These tables are based on the first six months of available data from the 2002-03 Commonwealth State/Territory Disability Agreement National Minimum Data Set (CSTDA NMDS). Current until 17 December 2005.
Children with disabilities in Australia
What is known about children with disabilities in Australia, in terms of their characteristics, and the needs and circumstances of them and their families? What is known about the services, benefits and assistance provided to them?The report Children with Disabilities uses a range of information sources to explore these questions and present for the first time, an overview of this important group in Australia.
Disability and its relationship to health conditions and other factors
Disability experience is a complex interaction between the health condition and environmental and personal factors. People's health is increasingly conceptualised in terms of their quality of life, what activities they can do, in what areas of life they are able to participate as they wish, and what long-term supports they need for living in the community.This report examines some of the inter-relationships among components of disability, health conditions and other related factors, as well as some aspects of measurement. The report provides prevalence estimates of significant diseases and health conditions associated with disability and estimates the likelihood and severity of disability associated with those diseases and health conditions. It also presents results of analyses that explore the relationship between severity of disability, health conditions, and personal and environmental factors.
Disability support services 2002-03: the first six months of data from the Commonwealth State/Territory disability agreement National Minimum Data Set
This report is the first AIHW publication dealing with data from the first year (2002-03) of the redeveloped Commonwealth State/Territory Disability Agreement National Minimum Data Set collection (CSTDA NMDS). This report focuses on service users and their characteristics and service type outlets funded to deliver CSTDA services, within the first six months of 2003. Previous reports since 1995 have dealt with 'snapshot' data from a single day.
Carers in Australia: assisting frail older people and people with a disability
This report on informal care is a joint initiative of the Australian Institute of Health and Welfare and the Australian Government Department of Health and Ageing. Its genesis was an AIHW analysis of the likely future impact of certain social trends including, but not limited to, a reduced willingness of women to substitute unpaid caring work for paid employment.Building on this earlier work, the present report uses the results of the 1998 Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) Survey of Disability, Ageing and Carers to present a picture of informal care in Contemporary Australia - who are the primary carers, who do they assist, and what does caring involve? It explores the impact of caring work and patterns of informal service use with informal care.