ABS |
Australian Bureau of Statistics |
ADF |
Australian Defence Force |
ADHA |
Australian Digital Health Agency |
AHMAC |
Australian Health Ministers’ Advisory Council |
AIHW |
Australian Institute of Health and Welfare |
AIHW Act |
Australian Institute of Health and Welfare Act 1987 |
AMR |
Australian Mesothelioma Registry |
ANAO |
Australian National Audit Office |
APS |
Australian Public Service |
ATWD |
Australian Teacher Workforce Data Set |
BMI |
body mass index |
CEO |
Chief Executive Officer |
CIHI |
Canadian Institute for Health Information |
CNS |
central nervous system |
COAG |
Council of Australian Governments |
DOMINO |
Data Over Multiple Individual Occurrences |
DSS |
Australian Government Department of Social Services |
EA |
AIHW’s Enterprise Agreement |
ED |
emergency department |
EEO Act |
Equal Employment Opportunity (Commonwealth Authorities) Act 1987 |
EL |
Executive Level |
FACS |
New South Wales Department of Family and Community Services |
FaHCSIA |
(former) Australian Government Department of Families, Housing, Community Services and Indigenous Affairs |
FOI Act |
Freedom of Information Act 1982 |
FRR |
Public Governance, Performance and Accountability (Financial Reporting) Rule 2015 |
FTE |
full-time equivalent |
GDP |
gross domestic product |
GRIM |
General Record of Incidence of Mortality |
GST |
goods and services tax |
HTML |
hypertext markup language |
HSPC |
Health Services Principal Committee |
ICD-11 |
International Statistical Classification of Diseases and Related Health Problems, 11th Revision |
ICOH |
International Commission on Occupational Health |
ICT |
information and communications technology |
IDAHOBIT |
International Day Against Homophobia, Transphobia and Biphobia |
Institute |
Australian Institute of Health and Welfare |
IPA |
Individual Performance Agreement [for AIHW staff] |
IT |
information technology |
MBS |
Medicare Benefits Schedule |
LGBTQI |
Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, Queer, Intersex |
METeOR |
AIHW’s Metadata Online Registry |
MORT |
Mortality Over Regions and Time |
MoU |
memorandum of understanding |
NABERS |
National Australian Built Environment Rating System |
NACDC |
National Aged Care Data Clearinghouse |
NHIDISC |
National Health Data Information Standards Committee |
NHPF |
National Health Performance Framework |
NIHSI |
National Integrated Health Services Information |
NSHS |
National Social Housing Survey |
NSW |
New South Wales |
OECD |
Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development |
PBS |
Pharmaceutical Benefits Schedule |
PBS |
Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme |
PBS |
Portfolio Budget Statements |
PDF |
portable document format |
PGPA Act |
Public Governance, Performance and Accountability Act 2013 |
PGPA Rule |
Public Governance, Performance and Accountability Rule 2014 |
PHN |
Primary Health Network |
PM&C |
Australian Government Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet |
RACP |
Royal Australasian College of Physicians |
RMS |
Rehabilitation Management System |
SA |
South Australia |
SAMAC |
AIHW’s Statistical and Analytical Methods Advisory Committee |
SCNHI |
Strategic Committee for National Health Information |
SES |
Senior Executive Service |
SOMIH |
State Owned and Managed Indigenous Housing |
WHO |
World Health Organization |
WHS |
work health and safety |
WHS Act |
Work Health and Safety Act 2011 |