| AATSIHS |
Australian Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Health Survey |
| ABDS |
Australian Burden of Disease Study |
| ABS |
Australian Bureau of Statistics |
| ACIR |
Australian Childhood Immunisation Register |
| ACD |
Advanced Care Directive |
| ACP |
Advanced Care Plan |
| ACSQHC |
Australian Commission on Safety and Quality in Health Care |
| ADHD |
attention deficit hyperactivity disorder |
| AHS |
Australian Health Survey |
| AIHW |
Australian Institute of Health and Welfare |
| AIR |
Australian Immunisation Register |
| AHMAC |
Australian Health Ministers' Advisory Council |
| AKI |
acute kidney injury |
| ANZDATA |
Australian and New Zealand Dialysis and Transplant (ANZDATA) Registry |
| AOD |
alcohol and other drug |
| AODR |
Australian Organ Donor Register |
| AODTS |
alcohol and other drug treatment services |
| AODTS NMDS |
Alcohol and Other Drug Treatment Services National Minimum Data Set |
| AOTDTA |
Australian Organ and Tissue Donation and Transplantation Authority |
| ASGS |
Australian Statistical Geography Standard |
| ATS |
amphetamine-type stimulants |
| bDMARDs |
biologic disease-modifying anti-rheumatic drugs |
| BCC |
basal cell carcinoma |
| BEACH |
Bettering the Evaluation of Care and Health |
| BMI |
body mass index |
| CHD |
coronary heart disease |
| CKD |
chronic kidney disease |
| COAG |
Council of Australian Governments |
| COPD |
chronic obstructive pulmonary disease |
| CQI |
continuous quality improvement |
| CVD |
cardiovascular disease |
| DALY |
disability-adjusted life years |
| ED |
emergency department |
| ESKD |
end-stage kidney disease |
| FASD |
Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder |
| FOBT |
faecal occult blood test |
| FTE |
full-time equivalent |
| GBD |
Global Burden of Disease |
| GDP |
gross domestic product |
| GHB |
gamma hydroxybutyrate |
| GP |
general practitioner |
| GRIM |
General Record of Incidence of Mortality (GRIM) book |
| HCQI |
Health Care Quality Indicators |
| HCS |
Hospice Care Services |
| HDL |
high density lipoprotein |
| HfL |
Healthy for Life |
| HILDA |
Household Income and Labour Dynamics in Australia |
| HIV |
human immunodeficiency virus |
| HPV |
human papillomavirus |
| ICU |
intensive care unit |
| IDDR |
Illicit Drug Data Report |
| IDRS |
Illicit Drug Reporting System |
| IFG |
impaired fasting glucose |
| IGT |
impaired glucose tolerance |
| IR |
Inner regional |
| IRSD |
Index of Relative Socio-Economic Disadvantage |
| ISPHCS |
Indigenous-specific primary health care services |
| K10 |
Kessler Psychological Distress Scale—10 items |
| LDL |
low density lipoprotein |
| LHN |
Local Hospital Network |
| MBS |
Medicare Benefits Schedule |
| MC |
Major cities |
| MMR |
maternal mortality ratio |
| MRSA |
methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus |
| MSSA |
methicillin-sensitive Staphylococcus aureus |
| NATSIHS |
National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Health Survey |
| NATSIHMS |
National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Health Measures Survey |
| NBCSP |
National Bowel Cancer Screening Program |
| NCMHCD |
National Community Mental Health Care Database |
| NCSP |
National Cervical Screening Program |
| NDS |
National Drug Strategy |
| NDSHS |
National Drug Strategy Household Survey |
| NHA |
National Healthcare Agreement |
| NHMD |
National Hospital Morbidity Database |
| NHMRC |
National Health and Medical Research Council |
| NHPF |
National Health Performance Framework |
| NHS |
National Health Survey |
| nKPIs |
national Key Performance Indicators |
| NMD |
National Mortality Database |
| NMDS |
National Minimum Data Set |
| NNAPEDCD |
National Non-Admitted Emergency Department Care Database |
| NNDSS |
National Notifiable Disease Surveillance System |
| NOPSAD |
National Opioid Pharmacotherapy Statistics Annual Data |
| NPHDC |
National Prisoner Health Data Collection |
| NRAS |
National Registration and Accreditation Scheme |
| NRMHCD |
National Residential Mental Health Care Database |
| NSQHS |
National Safety and Quality Health Service |
| NSW |
New South Wales |
| NT |
Northern Territory |
| NTAHKPIs |
Northern Territory Aboriginal Health Key Performance Indicators |
| OECD |
Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development |
| OR/R |
Outer regional and Remote |
| OSR |
Online Services Report |
| PAF |
Performance and Accountability Framework |
| PBS |
Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme |
| PCOC |
Palliative Care Outcomes Collaboration |
| PHN |
Primary Health Network |
| PYLL |
potential years of life lost |
| Qld |
Queensland |
| RFDS |
Royal Flying Doctor Service |
| RoGS |
Report on government services |
| RPBS |
Repatriation Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme |
| SA |
South Australia |
| SAB |
Staphylococcus aureus bacteraemia |
| SA1 |
Statistical Area Level 1 |
| SA2 |
Statistical Area Level 2 |
| SCC |
squamous cell carcinoma |
| SDAC |
Survey of Disability, Ageing and Carers |
| SEIFA |
Socio-Economic Index for Areas |
| SIDS |
sudden infant death syndrome |
| Tas |
Tasmania |
| Vic |
Victoria |
| VPD |
vaccine preventable disease |
| WA |
Western Australia |
| WHO |
World Health Organization |
| YLD |
years lived with disability |
| YLL |
years of life lost |
