Summary

Indigenous-specific primary health care organisations play a critical role in helping to improve the health of Indigenous Australians. In 2018–19:

organisations provided Indigenous-specific primary health care services

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FTE staff were employed

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clients were cared for

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Most of these organisations provide data on a set of 24 process-of-care and health-outcome indicators for Indigenous Australians, focusing on maternal and child health, preventative health and chronic disease management. At June 2019, these showed that, for Indigenous regular clients:

aged 0–4 had a MBS health assessment claimed in the last year

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had risk factors recorded to enable CVD 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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