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An indicator set is a group of indicators combined to provide analysis on a broader topic. The aim of an indicator set is to measure improvements in service delivery in a particular sector or area. It represents an agreement to monitor what's actually happening in the Australian population, in a given area, with the aim of reaching a specified result or outcome. Indicator sets provide a way of monitoring the progress of healthcare and welfare services. Specific indicators are grouped together to provide the bigger picture of how a program is going overall.
Indicator sets have two parts:
- Outcome areas (the outcome being aimed at)
- Indicators (the measure of performance)
For example, look at the Indigenous primary health care key performance indicators 2020–2021 indicator set. This indicator set includes a wide range of Indigenous health measures, from birthweights and immunisation rates to smoking status and chronic disease rates.
Indicator sets and related indicators
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders
- Better Cardiac Care measures for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people
- The Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Child Placement Principle Indicators
- National Indigenous Reform Agreements
- Indigenous primary health care key performance indicators
- Remote Indigenous Housing
Children
- National Framework for Protecting Australia's Children
- National Standards for Out-of-Home Care
- Early Childhood Education
Disability
Housing
Health
- Australian Health Performance Frameworks
- Improving Public Hospital Services
- Key Performance Indicators for Australian Public Mental Health Services
- National Core Maternity Indicators
- National Bowel Cancer Screening Program performance indicators
- National Healthcare Agreements
Clinical Care Standards
- Clinical care standard indicators: acute coronary syndromes
- Clinical care standard indicators: antimicrobial stewardship
- Clinical care standard indicators: delirium
- Clinical care standard indicators: heavy menstrual bleeding
- Clinical care standard indicators: hip fracture
- Clinical care standard indicators: osteoarthritis of the knee