Summary

Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander specific primary health care organisations play a critical role in improving the health of Indigenous Australians. In 2020–21:

organisations provided Indigenous-specific primary health care

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full-time equivalent staff were employed

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clients were cared for

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episodes of care were provided

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Most of these organisations provide data on a set of process-of-care and health-status indicators for Indigenous Australians, focusing on maternal and child health, preventative health, and chronic disease management (see also Interpreting nKPI data). At June 2021, these showed that, for Indigenous regular clients (an Indigenous client who has visited a particular primary health care organisation 3 or more times in the previous 2 years):

aged 0–14 had an Indigenous health assessment in the last year

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had risk factors recorded to enable cardiovascular disease assessment

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with Type 2 diabetes had a HbA1c (blood sugar) result within recommended guidelines in the last 6 months

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