Abbreviations and symbols

Abbreviations
AbbreviationDescription

ABS

Australian Bureau of Statistics

ACCHO

Aboriginal Community Controlled Health Organisation

AIHW

Australian Institute of Health and Welfare

AMS/CC

Aboriginal Medical Service/Community Clinic

CVD

cardiovascular disease

ERP

Estimated Resident Population

FTE

full-time equivalent

GIS

geographic information software

GP

general practitioner

IAHP

Indigenous Australians’ Health Programme

IARE

Indigenous Area

ISIAG

AIHW’s Indigenous Statistical Information and Advisory Group

K10

Kessler Psychological Distress Scale – 10

K5

Kessler Psychological Distress Scale – 5

MBS

Medical Benefits Schedule

NACCHO

National Aboriginal Community Controlled Health Organisation

NATSIHS

National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Health Survey

NATSIS

National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Survey

NATSISS

National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Social Survey

NGO

non-government organisation

NHSD

National Health Services Directory

nKPI

National Key Performance Indicator

OSR

Online Services Report

PHCO

Primary health care organisation

SA1

Statistical Area Level 1

SA2

Statistical Area Level 2

SEWB

social and emotional wellbeing

TCA

Team Care Arrangement

VII

Voluntary Indigenous Identifier

Symbols
SymbolDefinition

n.a.

not available, not applicable

no.

number

n.r.

not reported due to confidentiality issues

. . (2 spaced full stops)

no data/insufficient data

— (em dash)

rounded to zero (for example, in a table showing whole numbers, the statistic is less than 0.5) including null cells

− (minus)

negative or minus values