This report presents the results of a study on the quality of Indigenous identification in administrative records of hospitalisations in public hospitals in Australia. An estimated 88% of Indigenous patients were correctly identified in public hospital admission records in 2011-12. The report also recommends that data for all jurisdictions be included in any analysis of...

This paper provides an overview of young people that were under juvenile justice supervision in 2011-12, breaking down the number who were supervised in the community and those in detention.

During 2011-12, Australia's 753 public hospitals accounted for about 68% of hospital beds, according to this detailed overview of Australia's public and private hospitals. Expenditure and funding Public hospitals spent over $40 billion in 2011-12. Adjusted for inflation, expenditure increased by an average of 5.9% each year between 2007-08 and 2011-12. Emergency department services Between...

An evaluation of the six demonstration projects funded by the Office for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Health over three years aimed at improving the sexual health of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander young people Publication table of contents Preliminary material Title and verso pages Contents Acknowledgments Summary Abbreviations Body section 1 Introduction 1.1 Policy...

Many older Australians report a desire to age in place. This bulletin explores the relationship between this desire and the housing circumstances of older Australians of different tenure types; that is, those who own their home outright, those paying a mortgage and those who rent their home either privately or through social housing. The bulletin...