Outcome area Health and wellbeing
Desired outcome: It is easier for people with disability to get good health care and services when they need it.
Data can currently be reported for 6 measures. For the remaining measures, work will occur over the life of the Strategy to enable reporting.
Key findings
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Fewer people with disability reported excellent, very good or good health in 2017–18 than people without disability (69% compared with 94%)
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In 2018, 1 in 10 people with disability who needed to go to hospital could not be admitted when they needed to be
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Almost half of NDIS participants reported feeling satisfied about their life in general in 2022–23
Priorities
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Supporting the health of people with disability by improving their experience when they need to access health services
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Unmet hospitalisation needs
Status not known yet - more data from after the Strategy started are needed
10% of people with disability reported in 2018 they experienced unmet need for hospital admission in the last 12 months
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Self-reported health
Status not known yet - more data from after the Strategy started are needed
69% of people with disability reported excellent, very good or good health in 2017–18
94% of people without disability reported excellent, very good or good health in 2017–18
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Community health care satisfaction
Future data development Data for this measure will be added when it becomes available
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Improving access to health care for people with disability
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Avoidable emergency presentations
Status not known yet - more data from after the Strategy started are needed
119,500 people with disability went to an emergency department for something a GP could deal with in 2018
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Medical facility accessibility
Status not known yet - more data from after the Strategy started are needed
14% of people with disability had difficulty accessing medical facilities (GP, dentist, hospital) in 2018
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Supporting the mental health of people with disability and improving their experience of mental health care
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High psychological distress
Status not known yet - more data from after the Strategy started are needed
31% of adults with disability had high or very high levels of psychological distress in 2018
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NDIS participants life satisfaction
Some uncertainty in the data
Progress - the measure is moving in the direction the Strategy wants
47% of NDIS participants reported feeling satisfied about their life in general now and in the future in 2022–23
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Acute mental health restraint use
Future data development Data for this measure will be added when it becomes available
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Involuntary hospital admissions
Future data development Data for this measure will be added when it becomes available
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Improving emergency service responses for people with disability
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Inclusive disaster management
Future data development Data for this measure will be added when it becomes available
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Accessing emergency services
Future data development Data for this measure will be added when it becomes available
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Status key
Back to top- Progress Used where there are 2 or more data points, including at least one data point after the start of the Strategy (December 2021), and the measure is moving in the direction the Strategy wants to see.
- No change Used where there are 2 or more data points, including at least one data point after the start of the Strategy (December 2021), and the latest data are similar to the baseline.
- Regress Used where there are 2 or more data points, including at least one data point after the start of the Strategy (December 2021), and the measure is not moving in the direction the Strategy wants to see.
- Status not known yet Used when there is not enough data available yet to report on progress. This occurs when there is only one data point available (usually the baseline) or data after the start of the Strategy (December 2021) is yet to become available.
- Confidence status Added to indicate that care should be taken when looking at a reported status as there is some uncertainty in the data.