Improving the quality of Indigenous identification in hospital separations data

Improving the quality of Indigenous identification in hospital separations data

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Health services series no. 25

This report presents the outcomes of a project funded by the Australian Health Ministers' Advisory Council and directed at establishing a basis for improving Indigenous identification in hospital separations data.

Authored by AIHW.

Published 9 December 2005; ISSN 1036 613X; ISBN-13 978 1 74024 516 6; AIHW cat. no. HSE 101; 156pp.; OUT OF PRINT

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  • Preliminary material (187KB PDF)
    • Title page and verso
    • List of tables
    • List of figures
    • Acknowledgements
    • Abbreviations and symbols
    • Summary
  • Sections (445KB PDF)
    1. Introduction 
      • Background
      • This report
    2. Assessments of the quality of Indigenous identification in hospital separations data
      • Formal studies of the quality of Indigenous identification
      • Current health authority and AIHW assessments of the quality of Indigenous identification 
      • The causes of poor Indigenous identification
    3. Current arrangements for ascertaining Indigenous status
      • Arrangements at public hospitals
      • Arrangements at private hospitals
      • Initiatives to improve data quality
    4. Analysis of Indigenous status information in national hospital separations data
      •  Overview
      • Separations for which Indigenous status was not reported
      • The Indigenous subcategories
    5. Data analysis guidelines
      • Summary of the guidelines
      • Use of factors to adjust for under-identification of separations for Indigenous patients
      • Treatment of separations for which Indigenous status is unreported
      • Use of state and territory data
      • Use of private hospital data
      • Use of data for the Indigenous subcategories
      • Regional analysis of hospital separations data
      • Use of age standardisation and population data
    6. Recommendations for improving Indigenous identification in hospital
      separations data
  • End matter (319KB PDF)
    • Appendix A: Detailed tables
    • Appendix B: Survey of Indigenous identification in hospital separations data
    • References