Identifying and definitional attributes | |
Metadata item type: | Indicator |
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Indicator type: | Progress measure |
Short name: | PI 13–Waiting times for public dentistry, 2016 |
METEOR identifier: | 602211 |
Registration status: | Health!, Superseded 31/01/2017 |
Description: | Median waiting time between being placed on a public dentistry waiting list and: • receiving dental care, or, if data not available, |
Indicator set: | National Healthcare Agreement (2016) Health!, Superseded 31/01/2017 |
Outcome area: | Primary and Community Health Health!, Standard 07/07/2010 |
Data quality statement: | National Healthcare Agreement: PI 13-Waiting times for public dentistry, 2016 QS Health!, Superseded 31/01/2017 |
Collection and usage attributes | |
Population group age from: | 18 years |
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Computation description: | Waiting time for most recent appointment or offer of appointment with a government dental professional in the last 12 months. Calculated by subtracting the date placed on the public dentistry waiting list from either the data of offer of care or the date care was received. The date of care is used as the default 'end date' from which the date the person is placed on the waiting list is subtracted. If there is no date of care, then date of offer of care is used. Presented as median number of days. Analysis by remoteness and Socio-Economic Indexes for Areas (SEIFA) Index of Relative Socioeconomic Disadvantage (IRSD) is based on usual residence of person. |
Computation: | Median number of days. |
Numerator data elements: |
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Denominator: | Not applicable. |
Disaggregation: | Nationally, by 2011 SEIFA IRSD deciles (not reported this cycle). 2013–14, 2014–15—State and territory, by: |
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Comments: | Most recent data available for the 2015 National Healthcare Agreement performance reporting: 2013–14. |
Representational attributes | |
Representation class: | Median |
Data type: | Real |
Unit of measure: | Time (e.g. days, hours) |
Format: | N(NNN) |
Indicator conceptual framework | |
Framework and dimensions: | Accessibility |
Accountability attributes | |
Reporting requirements: | National Healthcare Agreement |
Organisation responsible for providing data: | Australian Institute of Health and Welfare |
Further data development / collection required: | Specification: Final, the measure meets the intention of the indicator. |
Source and reference attributes | |
Submitting organisation: | Australian Institute of Health and Welfare |
Relational attributes | |
Related metadata references: | Supersedes National Healthcare Agreement: PI 13-Waiting times for public dentistry, 2015 Health!, Superseded 08/07/2016 Has been superseded by National Healthcare Agreement: PI 13–Waiting times for public dentistry, 2017 Health!, Superseded 30/01/2018 |