Table of contents

  • Preliminary material
    • Title page and verso
    • Contents
    • List of figures and tables
    • Acknowledgments
    • Abbreviations
    • Summary
  • Sections
    1. Introduction
      • A national health priority
        • Monitoring the National Health Priority Areas
      • Purpose and structure of this report
    2. Indicator development
      • Indicator development workshop
        • Major issues
        • Outcomes
        • Short-listed indicators
      • Stakeholder consultations
    3. Results of consultations
      • Major issues raised during the consultations
        • Level of physical activity
        • Self-reported prevalence of overweight and obesity
        • Total joint replacement surgery in arthritis
        • Mortality associated with joint replacement surgery
        • Appropriate labour force for treating arthritis
        • Appropriate labour force for treating osteoporosis and osteoporotic fractures
        • Self-reported prevalence
        • Health-related quality of life
        • Waiting times to see appropriate specialist
        • History of joint trauma or injury
        • Hospital separations for minimal trauma fractures
      • Other suggested indicators
      • Other issues
    4. Core indicator set
      • Operational definitions
        • Risk factor indicators
        • Prevalence indicators
        • Quality of life indicators
        • Indicators of health service use
        • Mortality indicators
    5. Future directions
  • End matter
    • Appendix 1: Members of the National Arthritis and Musculoskeletal Conditions Advisory Group (NAMSCAG) Data Working Group/Steering Committee
    • Appendix 2: Participants in the national workshop and stakeholder consultation meetings
    • References