Australian Institute of Health and Welfare (2021) Practice Incentives Program Quality Improvement Measures: National report on the first year of data 2020-21, AIHW, Australian Government, accessed 31 May 2023.
Australian Institute of Health and Welfare. (2021). Practice Incentives Program Quality Improvement Measures: National report on the first year of data 2020-21. Retrieved from https://www.aihw.gov.au/reports/primary-health-care/pipqi-measures-national-report-2020-21
Practice Incentives Program Quality Improvement Measures: National report on the first year of data 2020-21. Australian Institute of Health and Welfare, 27 August 2021, https://www.aihw.gov.au/reports/primary-health-care/pipqi-measures-national-report-2020-21
Australian Institute of Health and Welfare. Practice Incentives Program Quality Improvement Measures: National report on the first year of data 2020-21 [Internet]. Canberra: Australian Institute of Health and Welfare, 2021 [cited 2023 May. 31]. Available from: https://www.aihw.gov.au/reports/primary-health-care/pipqi-measures-national-report-2020-21
Australian Institute of Health and Welfare (AIHW) 2021, Practice Incentives Program Quality Improvement Measures: National report on the first year of data 2020-21, viewed 31 May 2023, https://www.aihw.gov.au/reports/primary-health-care/pipqi-measures-national-report-2020-21
Assessment of absolute CVD risk based on multiple risk factors is more accurate than that based on individual risk factors due to the cumulative nature of risk effects. Absolute CVD risk assessment combines risk factors to calculate the probability that an individual will develop a cardiovascular event or other vascular disease within a specified time frame, usually 5 years (RACGP 2018). The risk assessment is useful for measuring risk in asymptomatic clients without established CVD (i.e. primary prevention). Clients aged 45-74 years with established CVD and/or with several other conditions who are already clinically determined to be at high risk of a cardiovascular event (NVDPA 2012) have been excluded from the measure as outlined in the PIPQI specification.
Results arising from clinical intervention conducted outside of the service that are known and recorded by the practice are included in the measure. Where the test results were recorded elsewhere (for example, a specialist service) and the information is not recorded in the clinical information system of the client’s usual general practice (for example, due to incompatible clinical information system between a practice and a specialist service), then these data will not be captured in the report.
There are other administrative data collections where the relevant data from these client-provider interactions are captured, e.g., Medicare Benefits Schedule (MBS) and the National Health Survey (NHS) conducted by the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS).
This indicator reports on the proportion of regular clients aged 45 to 74 years without a CVD diagnosis with 4 risk factors (tobacco smoking status, diabetes type or HbA1c result or fasting glucose tests, blood pressure, lipid levels) recorded in their GP record to enable CVD risk assessment.
As of July 2021, nationally, 48.5% of regular clients aged 45 to 74 years without a CVD diagnosis had the necessary risk factors recorded in their GP record to enable CVD risk assessment. This varied from 36.0% to 67.5% across PHNs.
Nationally, between October 2020 and July 2021, the proportion of regular clients aged 45 to 74 years without a CVD diagnosis who had the necessary risk factors recorded in their GP record to enable CVD risk assessment, increased by 3.6% from 44.9% to 48.5%.
As of July 2021, nationally, the proportion of regular clients aged 45 to 74 years without a CVD diagnosis with the necessary risk factors recorded in their GP record to enable CVD risk assessment increased with age and was:
NVDPA (National Vascular Disease Prevention Alliance) 2012. Guidelines for the management of absolute cardiovascular disease risk. Viewed 12 August 2021.
Department of Health 2017. National Key Performance Indicators for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander primary health care - Data Validation Project Report. Canberra: Department of Health.
RACGP 2018. Guidelines for preventive activities in general practice. 9th edition, updated. East Melbourne, Vic: RACGP.
This website needs JavaScript enabled in order to work correctly; currently it looks like it is disabled. Please enable JavaScript to use this website as intended.
We'd love to know any feedback that you have about the AIHW website, its contents or reports.
The browser you are using to browse this website is outdated and some features may not display properly or be accessible to you. Please use a more recent browser for the best user experience.