Regional variation in uptake of Indigenous health checks and in preventable hospitalisations and deaths
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Topic: First Nations people
Citation
AIHW (Australian Institute of Health and Welfare) (2019) Regional variation in uptake of Indigenous health checks and in preventable hospitalisations and deaths, AIHW, Australian Government, accessed 4 June 2026.
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Focusing on Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people, this report shows how rates of potentially preventable hospitalisations, potentially avoidable deaths and Indigenous health checks vary geographically within each Australian state and territory and between Primary Health Networks. Linear regression is used to identify areas that have unexpectedly high or low rates of potentially preventable hospitalisations given their characteristics.
- ISBN: 978-1-76054-555-0
- Cat. no: IHW 216
- Pages: 84
Findings from this report:
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Rates of potentially preventable hospitalisations and deaths vary greatly within and between states and territories
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Central Australia and the Kimberley have areas with unexpectedly high rates of potentially preventable hospitalisations
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The Top End, Far North Queensland and Tasmania have unexpectedly low rates of potentially preventable hospitalisations
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Many of the areas with the highest uptake rates of Indigenous health checks are in Queensland