Technical notes
Data availability
The monitoring framework relies on the availability of source data. At the time of the 2023 release, updated data were available for 26 measures and unavailable for 22 measures, including 14 for which data are no longer collected.
Domain |
Focus area |
Measure |
Table |
Data source |
Latest available data |
Comments |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1.1 - Organisational approach and commitment |
i) Organisational commitment to culturally respectful and safe healthcare |
Proportion of organisations with a formal commitment to culturally safe health care |
1.1.1a |
Online Services Report |
2017-18 |
Data item no longer collected in the Online Services Report |
1.1 - Organisational approach and commitment |
i) Organisational commitment to culturally respectful and safe healthcare |
Proportion of organisations with mechanisms for obtaining advice on cultural matters |
1.1.1b |
Online Services Report |
2017-18 |
Data item no longer collected in the Online Services Report |
1.1 - Organisational approach and commitment |
ii) Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander leadership at Board/Executive level |
Proportion of organisations with board members who were Indigenous |
1.1.2 |
Online Services Report |
2021-22 |
Updated |
1.2 - Communication and cultural services |
i) Culturally appropriate communication resources |
Proportion of organisations providing interpreter services |
1.2.1 |
Online Services Report |
2017-18 |
Data item no longer collected in the Online Services Report |
1.2 - Communication and cultural services |
ii) Offers culturally appropriate services |
Proportion of organisation providing cultural services (bush medicine, bush tucker, traditional healing) |
1.2.2 |
Online Services Report |
2017-18 |
Data item no longer collected in the Online Services Report |
1.3 - Workforce development and training |
i) Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander participation in the workforce |
Health professionals by profession type |
1.3.1a |
National Health Workforce Dataset |
2021 |
Updated |
1.3 - Workforce development and training |
i) Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander participation in the workforce |
Proportion of full-time employees who are Indigenous in Indigenous primary health care organisations |
1.3.1b, 1.3.1c |
Online Services Report |
2021-22 |
Updated |
1.3 - Workforce development and training |
ii) Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander workforce development |
Rates of higher education student enrolments and completions in health-related courses and success rates |
1.3.2a, 1.3.2b |
Higher Education Statistics |
2021 |
Updated |
1.3 - Workforce development and training |
ii) Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander workforce development |
Vocational education and training health-related course enrolment/completions |
1.3.2c, 1.3.2d |
NCVER National Vocational Education and Training Provider Collection |
2021 |
Updated |
1.3 - Workforce development and training |
iii) Cultural safety and responsiveness training for staff |
Proportion of organisations that provide cultural orientation for non-Indigenous staff |
1.3.3 |
Online Services Report |
2017-18 |
Data item no longer collected in the Online Services Report |
1.4 - Consumer engagement and stakeholder collaboration |
i) Client and community feedback mechanisms |
Proportion of organisations that had client and community feedback mechanisms |
1.4.1 |
Online Services Report |
2017-18 |
Data item no longer collected in the Online Services Report |
1.4 - Consumer engagement and stakeholder collaboration |
ii) Consultation with Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander communities |
Proportion of organisations that had cultural safety policies developed in consultation with communities / Indigenous staff |
1.4.2 |
Online Services Report |
2017-18 |
Data item no longer collected in the Online Services Report |
Domain |
Focus area |
Measure |
Table |
Data source |
Latest available data |
Comments |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
2.1 - Communication |
i) Interaction with health professionals |
How often doctors listened (carefully) |
2.1.1a, 2.1.1b |
NATSISS NATSIHS |
2014-15 (NATSISS) 2018-19 (NATSIHS) |
NATSISS has been discontinued NATSIHS is run approximately every 5-6 years |
2.1 - Communication |
i) Interaction with health professionals |
Opportunity to talk to a doctor or nurse |
2.1.1c |
NSW Adult Admitted Patient Survey |
2020 |
Data item was not collected in the 2021 collection period |
2.1 - Communication |
i) Interaction with health professionals |
Hospital patient experience, received support or offer of support from an Aboriginal Health Worker |
2.1.1d |
NSW Adult Admitted Patient Survey |
2020 |
Data item was not collected in the 2021 collection period |
2.1 - Communication |
ii) Information provided in a way that could be understood |
How often doctor(s) explained things in a way that could be understood |
2.1.2a |
NATSIHS |
2018-19 |
No updated data available for 2023 release |
2.1 - Communication |
ii) Information provided in a way that could be understood |
Maternity clinic offered culturally appropriate resources |
2.1.2b |
Qld Maternity Outpatient Clinic Experience Survey |
2017 |
Survey has been discontinued |
2.1 - Communication |
iii) Quality of relationship |
Overall quality of relationship with doctors, nurses and other medical staff |
2.1.3 |
Australian Reconciliation Barometer |
2022 |
Updated |
2.2 - Treated respectfully |
i) Respect |
How often doctors showed respect for what was said |
2.2.1a, 2.2.1b |
NATSISS NATSIHS |
2014-15 (NATSISS) 2018-19 (NATSIHS) |
NATSISS has been discontinued NATSIHS is run approximately every 5-6 years |
2.2 - Treated respectfully |
ii) Trust and confidence |
Trust in hospitals |
2.2.2a |
NATSISS |
2014-15 |
Survey has been discontinued |
2.2 - Treated respectfully |
ii) Trust and confidence |
Overall levels of trust with doctors, nurses and medical staff |
2.2.2b |
Australian Reconciliation Barometer |
2022 |
Updated |
2.2 - Treated respectfully |
iii) Staff were polite and courteous |
Health care staff were polite and welcoming at arrival |
2.2.3 |
NSW Adult Admitted Patient Survey |
2021 |
Updated |
2.2 - Treated respectfully |
iv) Respect for cultural or religious beliefs |
Cultural or religious beliefs were respected |
2.2.4a |
NSW Adult Admitted Patient Survey |
2021 |
Updated |
2.2 - Treated respectfully |
iv) Respect for cultural or religious beliefs |
Midwife/doctor checked if wanted cultural practices in birthing plan |
2.2.4b |
Qld Maternity Outpatient Clinic Experience Survey |
2017 |
Survey has been discontinued |
2.2 - Treated respectfully |
iv) Respect for cultural or religious beliefs |
Special dietary needs/suitability of food |
2.2.4c |
NSW Adult Admitted Patient Survey |
2020 |
Data item was not collected in the 2021 collection period |
2.3 - Unfair treatment and cultural barriers |
i) Unfair treatment and discrimination |
Treated unfairly by healthcare staff |
2.3.1a |
AATSIHS |
2012-13 |
Survey has been discontinued |
2.3 - Unfair treatment and cultural barriers |
i) Unfair treatment and discrimination |
Patient or family racially discriminated by doctors, nurses or medical staff |
2.3.1b |
Australian Reconciliation Barometer |
2022 |
Updated |
2.3 - Unfair treatment and cultural barriers |
ii) Avoided health care due to poor treatment |
Avoid seeking health care for being treated unfairly |
2.3.2 |
AATSIHS |
2012-13 |
Survey has been discontinued |
2.3 - Unfair treatment and cultural barriers |
iii) Did not access health care due to cultural reasons |
Did not access health services when needed due to cultural reasons |
2.3.3 |
NATSIHS |
2018-19 |
NATSIHS is run approximately every 5-6 years |
2.4 - Empowerment |
i) Involved in health care decisions |
Involved in decisions about care or treatment |
2.4.1 |
NSW Adult Admitted Patient Survey |
2021 |
Updated |
2.4 - Empowerment |
ii) Provided with information about patient rights |
Received information about rights as a patient |
2.4.2 |
NSW Adult Admitted Patient Survey |
2014 |
Data item no longer collected through this survey |
2.5 - Family inclusion |
i) Family members were informed and included |
Family had an opportunity to talk to a doctor |
2.5.1 |
NSW Adult Admitted Patient Survey |
2014 |
Data item no longer collected through this survey |
2.5 - Family inclusion |
i) Family members were informed and included |
Right amount of information given to family |
2.5.2 |
NSW Adult Admitted Patient Survey |
2021 |
Updated |
2.6 – Leave events |
i) Admitted patient leave events |
Hospitalisations where patients left against medical advice/were discharged at own risk |
2.6.1a 2.6.1b |
National Hospital Morbidity Database |
2020-21 |
Updated |
2.6 - Leave events |
ii) Emergency department leave events |
Public hospital emergency department patients who left at their own risk or did not wait |
2.6.2 |
National Non-admitted Patient Emergency Department Care Database |
2020–21 and 2021–22 |
Updated |
Note: AATSIHS – Australian Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Health Survey; NATSIHS – National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Health Survey; NATSISS – National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Social Survey.
Domain |
Focus area |
Measure |
Table |
Data source |
Latest available data |
Comments |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
3.1 - Preventive health services |
i) Rates of immunisation |
Proportion of children fully immunised |
3.1.1a, 3.1.1b, 3.1.1c |
Australian Childhood Immunisation Register |
2021 |
Updated |
3.1 - Preventive health services |
ii) Participation rates for breast screening |
BreastScreen participation rates |
3.1.2a, 3.1.2b |
BreastScreen Australia |
2019-2020 |
Updated |
3.2 - Primary health care |
i) Indigenous health checks |
Proportion of Indigenous Australians who had an MBS Indigenous health assessment |
3.2.1a, 3.2.1b, 3.2.1c, 3.2.1d |
Medicare Benefits Schedule data |
2020–21 |
Updated |
3.2 - Primary health care |
ii) Access to antenatal care |
Proportion of women who gave birth who attended five or more antenatal visits |
3.2.2a, 3.2.2b |
National Perinatal Data Collection |
2020 |
Updated |
3.2 - Primary health care |
iii) Potentially preventable hospitalisations |
Rates of potentially preventable hospitalisations |
3.2.3a, 3.2.3b, 3.2.3c, 3.2.3d |
National Hospital Morbidity Database |
2020-21 |
Updated |
3.3 - Hospital services |
i) Access to hospital procedures |
Proportion of hospitalisations with a procedure reported |
3.3.1a, 3.3.1b, 3.3.1c |
National Hospital Morbidity Database |
2020-21 |
Updated |
3.3 - Hospital services |
ii) Waiting times for elective surgery |
Waiting times for admissions from waiting lists for elective surgery |
3.3.2a, 3.3.2b |
National Elective Surgery Waiting Times Data Collection |
2021-22 |
Updated |
3.3 - Hospital services |
iii) Emergency department waiting times |
Proportion of emergency presentations seen on time, by triage category |
3.3.3a, 3.3.3b |
National Non-admitted Emergency Department Care Database |
2021-22 |
Updated |
3.4 - Specialist services |
i) MBS specialist services |
MBS specialist services claimed |
3.4.1a, 3.4.1b, 3.4.1c |
Medicare Benefits Schedule data |
2017-18 |
This measure is calculated using VII data, which has not been updated |
3.4 - Specialist services |
ii) Treatment of kidney failure |
Total patients with kidney failure |
3.4.2 |
Australian and New Zealand Dialysis and Transplant Registry |
2021 |
Updated |
3.4 - Specialist services |
iii) Rheumatic heart disease |
Incidence and treatment of rheumatic heart disease |
3.4.3a, 3.4.3b |
National Rheumatic Heart Disease data collection |
2017-2021 |
Updated |
3.4 - Specialist services |
iv) Cataract surgery |
Rates of hospitalisation for cataract surgery |
3.4.4a, 3.4.4b |
National Hospital Morbidity Database |
2020-21 |
Updated |
3.5 - Overall health system |
i) Avoidable deaths |
Avoidable mortality |
3.5.1a, 3.5.1b, 3.5.1c, 3.5.1d |
National Mortality Database |
2021 |
Updated |
Note: VII – Voluntary Indigenous identifier.
Supplementary material
Cultural safety-related questions from the OSR data collection