Publication list

Rural, regional and remote health, a study on mortality

Rural health series no. 2

This report updates and builds on findings from the 1998 AIHW report, Health in Rural and Remote Australia, which identified higher death rates outside major metropolitan areas. However, it has been unclear how much of these higher death rates are due to rural health issues, or Indigenous health issues. This report largely resolves this uncertainty by controlling for Indigenous status and describing for each region: differences in death rates; trends in mortality over time; and how many more deaths occurred than were expected (if lower major cities rates had applied in each region).

Authored by AIHW.

Published 31 October 2003; ISSN 1448 9775; ISBN-13 978 1 74024 319 3; AIHW cat. no. PHE 45; 359pp.; $40.00

Rural, regional and remote health, a study on mortality: summary of findings

Rural health series no. 3

This report summarises the findings of the AIHW report Rural, Regional and Remote Health: A Study on Mortality. This report updates and builds on findings from the 1998 AIHW report, Health in Rural and Remote Australia, which identified higher death rates outside major metropolitan areas. However, it has been unclear how much of these higher death rates are due to rural health issues, or Indigenous health issues. This report largely resolves this uncertainty by controlling for Indigenous status and describing for each region: differences in death rates; trends in mortality over time; and how many more deaths occurred than were expected (if lower major cities rates had applied in each region).

Authored by AIHW.

Published 31 October 2003; ISSN 1448 9775; ISBN-13 978 1 74024 320 9; AIHW cat. no. PHE 49; 52pp.; $20.00

Rural, regional and remote health: information framework and indicators. Version 1

Information about key rural health issues is frequently inadequate. This information framework describes which questions need answering; what data is available and pitfalls in its analysis; which questions can't be answered and what we can do about it. Based on the National Health Performance Framework and written in consultation with a wide range of data experts, 'Version One' of the framework is a 'living' document, designed to be updated as data sources are improved, further data gaps are identified and more advanced methodologies are developed.

Authored by AIHW.

Published 30 June 2003; ISBN-13 978 1 74024 284 4; AIHW cat. no. PHE 44; 197pp.; $25.00

Oral health of public dental patients in rural areas

DSRU research report no. 12

Oral health among adults in Australia has improved in recent decades, with dramatic reductions in complete tooth loss. However, public dental patients remain a group with reported high levels of emergency care and associated higher levels of tooth extraction compared with the general population (DSRU, 1993). This report describes the oral health of public dental patients in rural and urban areas by age and type of visit based on a total of 2,746 dental patients who were examined by the dental authorities in four States/Territories of Australia, providing a representative sample of the public dental patients they treated during the 2001-02 period.

Authored by Davies MJ.

Published 1 November 2002; ISSN 1445 7441; AIHW cat. no. DEN 114; 4pp.; INTERNET ONLY

Rural oral health and access to dental care - 1994-96 and 1999

DSRU research report no. 1

This report provides information on some aspects of oral health and the use of dental services in rural and remote areas of Australia. Historically, higher rates of tooth loss and problem-oriented dental visiting patterns have been characteristic of rural and remote areas. Differences by cardholder status and geographical location are presented. Comparisons between the National Dental Telephone Interview Survey 1999 and combined data from the 1994, 1995 and 1996 surveys have been included.

Authored by AIHW Dental Statistics and Research Unit.

Published 2 July 2002; ISSN 1445 7441; AIHW cat. no. DEN 86; 6pp.; INTERNET ONLY

It's different in the bush, a comparison of general practice activity in metropolitan and rural areas of Australia 1998-2000

General practice series no. 6

Gives a secondary analysis of data from the first two years of the BEACH (Bettering the Evaluation and Care of Health) program, April 1998 to March 2000. It reports differences in rural and metropolitan general practice based on information on over 200,000 GP-patient encounters from a random sample of 2,014 GPs. Comparisons are made in terms of characteristics of the general practitioners; types of services they provide; characteristics of the patients; problems managed at the GP-patient encounters and the management techniques adopted by the GPs.

Authored by Britt H, Miller GC & Valenti L.

Published 5 March 2001; ISSN 1442 3022; ISBN-13 978 1 74024 099 4; AIHW cat. no. GEP 6; 107pp.; $17.00

Oral health and access to dental care in rural and remote areas of Australia: research report, September 1999

DSRU research report

Authored by AIHW & Davies MJ.

Published 1 September 1999; ISSN 1323 8744; AIHW cat. no. DEN 50; 4pp.; INTERNET ONLY

Adult access to dental care, rural and remote dwellers

Dental statistics and research series no. 17

Examines the issues of oral health and access to dental care for adult Australians living in rural and remote areas. It compare the results of people from rural, remote and urban locations at three different levels: the adult population; cardholders who are eligible for publicly funded dental care; and recipients of publicly funded dental services. This report is one of a number of publications investigating adult access to dental care in Australia, and was produced by the Australian Institute of Health and Welfare's Dental Statistics and Research Unit.

Authored by Stewart JF, Carter KD & Brennan DS.

Published 11 May 1999; ISSN 1321 0254; ISBN-13 978 0 86396 802 0; AIHW cat. no. DEN 41; 81pp.; $16.00

Health in rural and remote Australia: the first report of the Australian Institute of Health and Welfare on rural health

Compares the health of people living in rural and remote areas with that of people living in metropolitan areas across Australia. The report shows that people living in rural and remote areas have many health disadvantages their urban counterparts do not experience, including: shortages of health care providers and services in some areas, difficulties in accessing health care and greater exposure to injury.

Authored by Strong K, Trickett P, Titulaer I & Bhatia K.

Published 1 December 1998; ISBN-13 978 0 642 24782 7; AIHW cat. no. PHE 6; ABS cat. no. 8919.0; 145pp.; OUT OF PRINT