Indigenous primary health services
Primary health services play a critical role in helping to improve health outcomes for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people. Indigenous Australians may access mainstream or Indigenous primary health services funded by the Australian and state and territory governments. Information on organisations funded by the Australian Government under its Indigenous Australians’ health programme (IAHP) is available through two data collections: the Online Services Report (OSR) and the national Key Performance Indicators (nKPIs). Most of the organisations funded under the IAHP contribute to both collections (Table 1).
The OSR collects information on the services organisations provide, client numbers, client contacts, episodes of care and staffing levels. Contextual information about each organisation is also collected. The nKPIs collect information on a set of process of care and health outcome indicators for Indigenous Australians. There are 24 indicators that focus on maternal and child health, preventative health and chronic disease management. Information from the nKPI and OSR collections help monitor progress against the Council of Australian Governments (COAG) Closing the Gap targets, and supports the national health goals set out in the Implementation Plan for the National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Health Plan 2013–2023.
Detailed information on the policy context and background to these collections are available in previous national reports, including the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander health organisations: Online Services Report—key results 2016–17 and National Key Performance Indicators for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander primary health care: results for 2017.
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Organisations |
Number |
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Total organisations |
247 |
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Reporting to the nKPI collection only
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49 |
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Reporting to the OSR collection only |
14 |
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Reporting to both the nKPI and OSR collections |
184 |
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Total reporting to the nKPI collection |
233 |
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Total reporting to the OSR collection(a) |
198 |
(a) The OSR also collects data from organisations funded by the Australian Government to provide social and emotional wellbeing services and/or substance-use services, under the Indigenous Advancement Strategy (IAS). This web report only includes data on organisations funded under the IAHP. For information on organisations funded under the IAS see previous national OSR reports or email [email protected].
About this report
This report presents information on organisations that contributed to the OSR. Interactive data visualisations using OSR data are presented for the first time. Data are available for 5 reporting periods from 2013–14 to 2017–18 and supplementary tables with the data used in these visualisations can also be downloaded.
In addition, the latest nKPI report is now available.