A number of organisations currently collect information on children's services. While there is some duplication of information across the collections, there are also notable gaps, and no single collection or combination of collections, is able to provide an accurate measure of the number and proportion of children who attend child care and/or preschool. This bulletin...

This report describes the development of and presents the first six months' data from the newly developed national collection of data on medical indemnity claims in the public sector. The medical indemnity national collection includes both claims that have materialised and potential claims. The data in this report cover claims current at any time during...

What is known about children with disabilities in Australia, in terms of their characteristics, and the needs and circumstances of them and their families? What is known about the services, benefits and assistance provided to them? This report uses a range of information sources to explore these questions and present for the first time, an...

The national report on health sector performance indicators 2003 is the sixth in the series of reports to the Australian Health Ministers' Conference. It provides a comprehensive picture of the performance of the Australian health sector in regard to health status, health determinants and health services.

Data reported by 1000 general practitioners on 100,000 GP-patient encounters are used to describe aspects of general practice in Australia: the general practitioners and their patients; the problems managed and the treatments provided. Information is also reported on body weight to height ratio, smoking status and alcohol use of a subsample of patients. Changes in...