Statistical linkage across aged care programs: an exploratory example
Current until 28 October 2005.
Statistical data linkage in community services data collections
This report is the outcome of a major project conducted by the National Community Services Information Management Group with the financial support of the Community Services Ministers' Advisory Council. The potential benefits of statistical linkage for policy, research and planning purposes are of increasing interest across jurisdictions and in the health and community services sectors. The report raises key issues for wider consideration and discussion concerning the appropriate conduct of statistical linkage projects using community services data and the appropriate mechanisms for the protection of individual privacy.
Interface between hospital and residential aged care, feasibility study on linking hospital morbidity and residential aged care data
Knowledge of the interface between acute hospital care, community care and residential aged care is important in order to ensure that older people receive the most appropriate care. However, existing national data provide poor information on the movements of clients between the sectors. During 2001 and 2002 the Australian Institute of Health and Welfare explored the feasibility of linking - without using names - the currently available national hospital morbidity and residential aged care collections to produce a linked data set for examining key policy issues. This report presents the results of these investigations. The study was carried out under the auspices of the Australian Health Ministers' Advisory Council Working Group on the Care of Older Australians.