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 |