This report assesses the potential for existing data sources to improve our understanding of arthritis and other musculoskeletal conditions and highlights future opportunities for improving data for monitoring these conditions. Summary Within the Australian population, arthritis and other musculoskeletal conditions are highly prevalent, associated with significant disability, and generate large costs for the health and...

Findings from a project aimed at building a more comprehensive and consistent national data collection for maternal and perinatal health are presented in this report. Summary Investment in more comprehensive and consistent national data collection for maternal and perinatal morbidity and mortality was recommended by the Report of the maternity services review-a review conducted in...

Arthritis and other musculoskeletal conditions affect an estimated 6.1 million Australians across all ages, this report finds. Summary Arthritis and other musculoskeletal conditions are common, affecting an estimated 6.1 million Australians (28% of the total population) in 2011-12. Due to their diverse nature there is considerable variation in the prevalence, treatment and management, and quality...

This report summarises information Australia provided in 2013 to the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development’s Health Care Quality Indicators 2012–13 data collection. Summary This report: summarises information Australia provided in 2013 to the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development's (OECD) Health Care Quality Indicators (HCQI) 2012-13 data collection compares data supplied by Australia in...

Summary: This report examines how trends in the decline of coronary heart disease (CHD) mortality differ among age groups, and by Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander status, geographic location and socioeconomic status (SES). A l l Australians Although the CHD death rate has declined in Australia between 1979 and 2010, the average annual rate of...