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Information on organisations funded by the Australian Government under its Indigenous Australians’ Health Programme (IAHP) to provide primary health care services to Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander (Indigenous) clients is available through two data collections, the Online Services Report (OSR) and the national Key Performance Indicators (nKPI):
This report presents the latest results from these collections.
The main purpose of the OSR and nKPI collections is to support continuous quality improvement (CQI) activity among organisations funded under the IAHP. They can also be used to support policy and service planning at the national and state/territory levels, by monitoring progress and highlighting areas for improvement. In addition to this, information from the collections helps monitor progress against the Council of Australian Governments (COAG) Closing the Gap targets, and supports the priorities set out in the National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Health Plan 2021–2031.
Most organisations contribute to both the OSR and nKPI collections (Table 1).
A small number of organisations that received funding only for maternal and child health services (MCH organisations) report to the OSR collection. These organisations are significantly different from organisations funded for comprehensive primary health care (PHC). For example, MCH organisations are funded only for specific maternal and child health programs (such as those based within a hospital or health service) and only report on their funded program. As such, OSR data presented in this report exclude these organisations unless otherwise noted. Selected data from these organisations can be found in the MCH section of OSR – summary over time.
IAHP funding type
Reporting to OSR
Reporting to nKPI
Reporting to both collections
Primary health care
211
209
194
Maternal and child health(c)
19
21
16
Total
230
210
191
192
175
20
23
18
215
193
196
197
182
220
200
213
201
22
232
234
222
198
184
217
233
179
17
15
228
Refers to the June collection period for the nKPI (see nKPI - introduction) and the financial year collection period for the OSR (see OSR - introduction).
Reporting to the collections for these periods was made voluntary in acknowledgement of the additional pressures on organisations because of COVID-19.
Organisations that received funding only for maternal and child health (MCH) services. MCH organisations reporting to the OSR are significantly different from organisations funded for comprehensive primary health care (PHC), both in the purpose of the funding and in what they report in the OSR. As such, OSR data presented in this report exclude these organisations unless otherwise noted. See also OSR - summary over time for selected data from these organisations, and Interpreting OSR data.
Notes
Not all funded organisations report to the collections each period. Organisations may receive an exemption from providing data for a particular period, or may be in-scope to report but do not report for some reason (for example, because reporting was made voluntary for a period).
See also Summary and Technical notes for information on interpreting changes over time.
Source: AIHW analysis of OSR and nKPI collections.
All organisations receiving IAHP funding share a commitment to providing holistic, comprehensive and culturally appropriate health care, and can be split into two main types:
The two types of organisations can have very different profiles (Table 2), varying in governance structure, size, workforce composition, additional sources of funding, the services they offer, and the needs of their clients. Caution should therefore be used when comparing data by organisation type. For more information on interpreting data, see Technical notes and Glossary.
Measure
ACCHO
Non-ACCHO
Clients (mean)
3,585
1,184
2,804
Clients (median)
2,656
794
1,993
Indigenous clients (mean)
2,710
901
2,121
Indigenous clients (median)
2,007
615
1,326
Client contacts (mean)
40,918
8,734
30,344
Client contacts (median)
29,721
6,447
18,876
Episodes of care (mean)
25,554
6,882
19,420
Episodes of care (median)
18,810
5,198
12,724
Employed health full time equivalent (FTE) staff (mean)
31
7
24
Employed health full time equivalent (FTE) staff (median)
5
14
Total number of organisations
142
69
Note: This table and other data in this report exclude the small number of organisations that received funding only for maternal and child health services unless otherwise noted. See Table 1 for the number of maternal and child health organisations, OSR summary over time for selected data from these organisations, and Interpreting OSR data for more information.
Source: AIHW analysis of OSR data collection.
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