National Healthcare Agreement: PI 13–Waiting times for public dentistry, 2021
Indicator Attributes
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, 2021 |
METEOR identifier: | 725803 |
Registration status: | Health!, Standard 16/09/2020 |
Description: | Median (50th percentile) and 90th percentile waiting times between being placed on a public dentistry waiting list and: a) being offered dental care; and b) receiving dental care. |
Indicator set: | National Healthcare Agreement (2021) Health!, Standard 19/11/2020 |
Outcome area: | Primary and Community Health Health!, Standard 07/07/2010 |
Collection and usage attributes | |
Population group age from: | 18 years |
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Computation description: | Calculated by subtracting the date placed on a public dentistry waiting list (public dental listing date) from: a) the date dental care was offered (offer of dental care date); and b) the date dental care was received (date of first dental visit). Presented as median number of days (50th percentile) and 90th percentile by waiting list type. Analysis by remoteness and Socio-Economic Indexes for Areas (SEIFA) Index of Relative Socio-Economic Disadvantage (IRSD) is based on usual residence of person. |
Computation: | Number of days at the 50th percentile and number of days at the 90th percentile. Calculated separately for a) and b). The 50th and 90th percentiles have been rounded to the nearest whole number of days. |
Numerator data elements: | |
Disaggregation: | 2019–20—Nationally, by 2016 SEIFA IRSD deciles (not reported). 2019–20—State and territory, for a) and b), by waiting list type, by:
Some disaggregation may result in numbers too small for publication. |
Disaggregation data elements: | |
Comments: | Most recent data available for the 2021 National Healthcare Agreement performance reporting: 2019–20. |
Representational attributes | |
Representation class: | Percentile |
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, 2020 Health!, Standard 13/03/2020 Has been superseded by National Healthcare Agreement: PI 13–Waiting times for public dentistry, 2022 Health!, Standard 24/09/2021 See also Public Dental Waiting Times Database, 2019-20; Data Quality Statement AIHW Data Quality Statements, Standard 09/03/2021 |