AIHW - Indigenous Health Check Data Tool

All Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people are eligible for an annual Indigenous-specific health check: item 715 on the Medicare Benefits Schedule (MBS). The Australian Institute of Health and Welfare (AIHW) produce an Indigenous Health Check Data Tool that shows numbers and usage rates of the checks at various geographic areas. Charts and tables in the tool can be customised to show different time periods and, where possible, disaggregation by age and sex.

• AIHW - Indigenous Health Check Data Tool

National Indigenous health evidence and data

The national Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander health story is depicted through various evidence and data collections.

• Data atlas with data supporting primary health care needs assessment for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples – Public Health Information Development Unit
• Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Health Performance Framework 2014 Report
• Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Health Performance Framework 2017 Report
• The health and welfare of Australia’s Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples: 2015
• Australian Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Health Survey (AATSIHS) 2012-13
• National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Social Survey (NATSISS) 2014-15
• National Indigenous Reform Agreement - National Agreement Performance Indicators 2013-14
• Overcoming Indigenous Disadvantage: Key indicators 2014
• Overcoming Indigenous Disadvantage: Key indicators 2016
• Indigenous Expenditure Report 2014
• Indigenous Expenditure Report 2017

Service delivery data collections

Some data collections provide unique information that is used across Government and the health sector to inform policy and planning development and monitor activities in Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander health.

• National key performance indicators for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander primary health care: results from December 2014
• National key performance indicators for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander primary health care: results from December 2016
• The national Key Performance Indicators (nKPI) data collection: data quality issues working paper 2012-2014
• Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander health organisations: Online Services Report – key results 2014-15

Issue-specific data collections

Information on specific chronic diseases and health issues affecting Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people are available through some data collections.

• Better Cardiac Care measures for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people: first national report 2015
• Hearing health outreach services to Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children and young people in the Northern Territory: 2012-2013 to 2014-2015
• Stronger Futures in the Northern Territory: oral health services July 2012-December 2013

Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Programme Evaluations

Evaluations of specific policies and programmes can demonstrate how they have affected the health outcomes of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people.

• The Monitoring and Evaluation of the Indigenous Chronic Disease Package (ICDP), Volume 3 - Summary – June 2014
• The Sentinel Sites Evaluation - Summary Report: A place-based evaluation of the Indigenous Chronic Disease Package 2010-2012
• Summary Report: Evaluation of the Child Health Check Initiative and the Expanding Health Service Delivery Initiative – 31 March 2011
• Final Report: Evaluation of the Child Health Check Initiative and the Expanding Health Service Delivery Initiative – 31 March 2011
• Evaluation of the Northern Territory Continuous Quality Improvement Investment Strategy - Summary Report – 30 June 2013
• Evaluation of the Northern Territory Continuous Quality Improvement Investment Strategy - Final Report – 30 June 2013