National Key Performance Indicators (nKPIs) for First Nations - specific primary health care

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The national Key Performance Indicators (nKPIs) are a set of indicators reported by organisations receiving funding under the Australian Government's Indigenous Australians’ Health Programme (IAHP) to deliver comprehensive and culturally appropriate primary health care services to Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander (First Nations) people. Data are collected against set of indicators focusing on maternal and child health, preventative health, and chronic disease management. The collection commenced in June 2012 and is ongoing with data being collected every 6 months from over 200 First Nations-specific primary health care organisations across Australia.

Collected from the over 200 organisations funded under the Australian Government's Indigenous Australians’ Health Programme (IAHP), data are counts of First Nations regular clients (those who attended an organisation 3 times in 2 years) against a set of indicators focusing on maternal and child health; preventative health; and chronic disease management. Organisations reporting to the nKPI collection may see a mix of First Nations and non-Indigenous clients. Some of these are considered regular clients of the organization. The nKPI indicators include only data for First Nations regular clients.

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Variables to support reporting and linkage: Age group; Sex/gender; RA

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Methodology: Official