Publication list

The definition, incidence and prevalence of acquired brain injury in Australia

This report presents newly derived estimates of rates of hospitalisation associated with acquired brain injury, and the prevalence and demographic patterns of disability attributable to acquired brain injury in Australia. Definitions of acquired brain injury used in the disability and medical fields, and in legislative and administrative contexts are critically examined, and existing estimates of the incidence and prevalence of acquired brain injury, and of the proportion of incident cases that lead to long-term disability, are reviewed.

Authored by Fortune N & Wen X.

Published 20 December 1999; ISBN-13 978 1 74024 029 1; AIHW cat. no. DIS 15; 141pp.; OUT OF PRINT

Ageing and disability project report: stage 1 literature review

Welfare working paper no. 24

This literature review presents the first results of a three-stage study on ageing and disability and the implications of disability support services. Current until 29 September 2000.

Authored by Fortune N, Madden R & Wen X.

Published 29 September 1999; ISSN 1035 5049; 79pp.; OUT OF PRINT

The definition and prevalence of physical disability in Australia

Critically reviews existing definitions, data collections and estimates of prevalence for physical disability. It discusses some central issues in defining and measuring disability and estimates the prevalence and demographic pattern of physical disability in Australia.

Authored by Wen X & Fortune N.

Published 16 July 1999; ISBN-13 978 1 74024 004 8; AIHW cat. no. DIS 13; 91pp.; OUT OF PRINT