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This section provides reference details and - where available - links and abstracts for general publications associated with the hospitalisation of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples. References include journal articles, reports, theses, and other literature.

2013

Australian Institute of Health and Welfare (2013)

Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander health performance framework 2012 report: New South Wales.

Canberra: Australian Institute of Health and Welfare

Australian Institute of Health and Welfare (2013)

Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander health performance framework 2012 report: Queensland.

Canberra: Australian Institute of Health and Welfare

Australian Institute of Health and Welfare (2013)

Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander health performance framework 2012 report: South Australia.

Canberra: Australian Institute of Health and Welfare

Australian Institute of Health and Welfare (2013)

Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander health performance framework 2012 report: Victoria.

Canberra: Australian Institute of Health and Welfare

Australian Institute of Health and Welfare (2013)

Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander health performance framework 2012 report: Western Australia.

Canberra: Australian Institute of Health and Welfare

Australian Institute of Health and Welfare (2013)

Australian hospital statistics 2011–12.

Canberra: Australian Institute of Health and Welfare

Australian Institute of Health and Welfare (2013)

Australian hospital statistics 2011–12: at a glance.

Canberra: Australian Institute of Health and Welfare

Australian Institute of Health and Welfare (2013)

Indigenous identification in hospital separations data: quality report.

Canberra: Australian Institute of Health and Welfare

This report provides the results of a study on the quality of Indigenous identification in hospitalisations records from public hospitals in Australia undertaken in 2011 and 2012 by the Australian Institute of Health and Welfare (AIHW), in collaboration with state and territory authorities. It presents the results in four categories:

  • at a national level
  • national by remoteness
  • state and territory level
  • remoteness levels within jurisdictions.

The study found that:

  • around 88% of Indigenous patients were correctly identified in Australian public hospital admission records in 2011-12
  • the completeness of Indigenous identification varied by state/territory; it was lowest in the ACT (58%) and highest in the NT (98%)
  • there were wide variations in Indigenous identification by remoteness, ranging from 77% in major cities to 99% (96-100%) in very remote areas.

The report outlines major recommendations.

Abstract adapted from the Australian Institute of Health and Welfare

Duncan C, Williams K, Nathanson D, Thomas S, Cottier C, O'Meara M, Zwi K (2013)

Emergency department presentations by Aboriginal children: issues for consideration for appropriate health services.

Journal of Paediatrics and Child Health; Early view(http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/jpc.12225):

Einsiedel LJ, van Iersel E, Macnamara R, Spelman T, Heffernan M, Bray L, Morris H, Brenda Porter B, Davis A (2013)

Self-discharge by adult Aboriginal patients at Alice Springs Hospital, Central Australia: insights from a prospective cohort study.

Australian Health Review; 37(2): 239-245

Grimmer K, Beaton K, Kumar S, Hendry K, Moss J, Hillier S, Forward J, Gordge L (2013)

Estimating the risk of functional decline in the elderly after discharge from an Australian public tertiary hospital emergency department.

Australian Health Review; 37(3): 341-347

Guo Y, Wang Z, Li S, Tong S, Barnett AG (2013)

Temperature sensitivity in Indigenous Australians.

Epidemiology; 24(3): 471-472

MacRae A, Thomson N, Anomie, Burns J, Catto M, Gray C, Levitan L, McLoughlin N, Potter C, Ride K, Stumpers S, Trzesinski A, Urquhart B (2013)

Overview of Australian Indigenous health status, 2012.

Perth, WA: Australian Indigenous HealthInfoNet

This report provides recent information on:

  • Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander populations
  • the context of Indigenous health
  • various measures of population health status
  • selected health conditions
  • health risk and protective factors.

This Overview draws on statistics and other published and unpublished materials to provide up-to-date, detailed information about the health of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples in 2012. It highlights a number of improvements in certain aspects of Indigenous health, but underlines that ongoing work is needed to 'close the gap' in health status between Indigenous and other Australians.

Australian Indigenous HealthInfoNet abstract

Malyon R, Zhao Y, Oates B (2013)

Differences in the cost of admitted patient care for Indigenous people and people from remote locations.

Australian Health Review; 37(1): 26-31

Steering Committee for the Review of Government Service Provision (2013)

Report on government services 2013: Indigenous compendium.

Canberra: Productivity Commission

This publication draws on the Report on government services 2013 to present data specific to the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander population. It reports on the delivery of mainstream services to Indigenous people including services for:

  • childcare, education and training
  • justice
  • emergency management
  • health
  • community services
  • housing and homelessness.

Performance reporting focuses on the degree to which the objective for a service is met. The report details the objective (outcomes) for each service stated and the performance indicators measuring the achievement of each objective.

Improvements in reporting by Indigenous status has allowed for detailed reporting for Indigenous children enrolled and attending preschool and elapsed times for aged care services to Indigenous people.

Australian Indigenous HealthInfoNet abstract

2012

Australian Indigenous HealthInfoNet (2012)

Summary of Australian Indigenous health, 2011.

Perth, WA: Australian Indigenous HealthInfoNet

Australian Institute of Health and Welfare (2012)

Australia's health 2012.

Canberra: Australian Institute of Health and Welfare

Australian Institute of Health and Welfare (2012)

Australia's hospitals 2010-11, at a glance.

Canberra: Australian Institute of Health and Welfare

Australian Institute of Health and Welfare (2012)

Australian hospital statistics 2010-11.

Canberra: Australian Institute of Health and Welfare

Australian Institute of Health and Welfare (2012)

Australian hospital statistics 2010-11 supplementary tables.

Canberra: Australian Institute of Health and Welfare

Australian Institute of Health and Welfare (2012)

Australian hospital statistics 2011-12: elective surgery waiting times.

Canberra: Australian Institute of Health and Welfare

Australian Institute of Health and Welfare (2012)

Australian hospital statistics 2011-12: emergency department care.

Canberra: Australian Institute of Health and Welfare

Australian Institute of Health and Welfare (2012)

Surgery in Australian hospitals 2010–11.

Canberra: Australian Institute of Health and Welfare

Australian Medical Association (2012)

AMA Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander health audit report: progress to date and challenges that remain.

Canberra: Australian Medical Association

This report card presents the Australian Medical Association (AMA) Taskforce on Indigenous health's audit of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander health services. The report card considers the progress that has been made by Australian governments in Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander health, and the challenges that still exist, as measured against the key recommendations the AMA has made in five priority areas over the last 10 years, including:

  • provision of primary health care appropriate to need
  • strong workforce for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander health
  • high quality health services for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people
  • health risk factors and social determinants
  • governance and monitoring.

The report lists the recommendations together with major government measures, programs and initiatives that have been adopted, the challenges that still exist and the work that still needs to be done.

Abstract adapted from AMA

Australian Medical Association (2012)

AMA Indigenous health report cards [2002 - 2011].

Canberra: Australian Medical Association

Bar-Zeev SJ, Barclay L, Farrington C, Kildea S (2012)

From hospital to home: the quality and safety of a postnatal discharge system used for remote dwelling Aboriginal mothers and infants in the top end of Australia.

Midwifery; 28(3): 366–373

Bentley JP, Taylor LK, Brandt PG (2012)

Reporting of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples on the NSW Admitted Patient Data Collection: the 2010 Data Quality Survey.

NSW Public Health Bulletin; 23(2): 17-20

Davidson PM, MacIsaac A, Cameron J, Jeremy R, Mahar L, Anderson I (2012)

Problems, solutions and actions: addressing barriers in acute hospital care for Indigenous Australians and New Zealanders.

Heart, Lung and Circulation; 21(10): 639–643

Guthrie J (2012)

Estimating the magnitude of potentially avoidable hospitalisations of Indigenous children in the Australian Capital Territory: some methodological challenges.

Australian Aboriginal Studies; 2012(1): 92-97

Health Statistics New South Wales (2012)

Health statistics New South Wales: selected reports: associated information for hospitalisations for all causes by Aboriginality.

Sydney: NSW Ministry of Health

Katzenellenbogen J, Sanfilippo F, Briffa T, Hobbs M, Knuiman M, Dimer L, Taylor K, Thompson S (2012)

Factors associated with discharge against medical advice within year of first-ever IHD hospital admissions in Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal Western Australians.

Heart, Lung and Circulation; 21(10): 658

Kelly J, Dwyer J, Pekarsky B, Mackean T, Willis E, Battersby M, Glover J (2012)

Managing two worlds together: stage 2 - patient journey mapping tools.

Melbourne: The Lowitja Institute

This paper describes the patient journey mapping tool and frameworks used in the Managing two worlds together (MTWT) project. Through interviews and focus groups with patients, their carer/family, and health care providers, the paper explores the barriers and enablers, gaps and strategies in relation to the journeys of country Aboriginal patients from rural and remote locations to city hospitals and their return. The primary aim of the MTWT project is to enhance existing knowledge of the strengths, and areas of improvement, in the care of Aboriginal patients from rural and remote areas of South Australia by exploring what happens when they come to Adelaide for hospital care. The project is comprised of two stages, with Stage 1 focusing on the problems, and Stage 2 focusing on solutions. The patient journey mapping tools are the first output of Stage 2.

Abstract adapted from Managing two worlds together: stage 2 - patient journey mapping tools

Li SQ, Pircher SLM, Guthridge SL (2012)

Trends in alcohol-attributable hospitalisation in the Northern Territory, 1998–99 to 2008–09.

Medical Journal of Australia; 197(6): 341-344

New South Wales Centre for Epidemiology and Evidence (2012)

The health of Aboriginal people of NSW: report of the Chief Health Officer 2012.

Sydney: New South Wales Ministry of Health

Pircher SLM, Li SQ, Guthridge SL (2012)

Trend analysis of hospital admissions attributable to tobacco smoking, Northern Territory Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal populations, 1998 to 2009.

BMC Public Health; 12: 545

Retrieved 24 July 2012 from http://www.biomedcentral.com/1471-2458/12/545

South Australian Department for Health and Ageing (2012)

South Australian Department for Health and Ageing annual report 2011-12.

Adelaide: South Australian Department for Health and Ageing

Steering Committee for the Review of Government Service Provision (2012)

Report on government services 2012.

Melbourne: Productivity Commission

Steering Committee for the Review of Government Service Provision (2012)

Report on government services 2012: Indigenous compendium.

Canberra: Productivity Commission

This report draws on the Report on government services 2012 to present data specific to the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander population. It reports on the delivery of mainstream services to Indigenous people including services for:

  • early childhood, education and training
  • justice
  • emergency management
  • health
  • community services
  • housing and homelessness.

Performance reporting focuses on the degree to which objective for a service is met. The report details the objective (outcomes) for each services stated and the performance indicators measuring the achievement of each objective.

Australian Indigenous HealthInfoNet abstract

Thomson N, MacRae A, Brankovich J, Burns J, Catto M, Gray C, Levitan L, Maling C, Potter C, Ride K, Stumpers S, Urquhart B (2012)

Overview of Australian Indigenous health status, 2011.

Perth, WA: Australian Indigenous HealthInfoNet

Wilson IB, Hawkins S, Green S, Archer JS (2012)

Suboptimal anti-epilepsy drug use is common among Indigenous patients with seizures presenting to the emergency department.

Journal of Clinical Neuroscience; 19(1): 187–189

2011

Alan J, Burmas M, Preen D, Pfaff J (2011)

Inpatient hospital use in the first year after release from prison: a Western Australian population-based record linkage study.

Australian and New Zealand Journal of Public Health; 35(3): 264-269

Australian Institute of Health and Welfare (2011)

Australia's hospitals 2009-10: at a glance.

Canberra: Australian Institute of Health and Welfare

Australian Institute of Health and Welfare (2011)

Australian hospital statistics 2009-10.

Canberra: Australian Institute of Health and Welfare

Australian Institute of Health and Welfare (2011)

Australian hospital statistics 2010–11: emergency department care and elective surgery waiting times.

Canberra: Australian Institute of Health and Welfare

Australian Institute of Health and Welfare (2011)

Expenditure on health for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people 2008–09.

Canberra: Australian Institute of Health and Welfare

This report, sixth in the series which commenced in 1998, presents comprehensive information on health expenditure for Indigenous people, including comparisons to health expenditure for non-Indigenous people, and, where possible, outlines changes over time.

The report presents information on the following:

  • population, health status and incomes of Indigenous people
  • health expenditure by all levels of government, and non-government health expenditure
  • health funding by all levels of government, and non-government health funding.

The main findings of the report include the following:

  • When compared to non-Indigenous population, Indigenous people are high users of publicly funded health services, and low users of medical, pharmaceutical, dental and other health services that are, for the most part, privately funded.
  • Community health services, including the Aboriginal community-controlled organisations, accounted for just over 22% of all Indigenous health expenditure, compared to 4.5% of non-Indigenous health expenditure.
  • The Australian, state and territory governments combined funded 91% of the total health expenditure for Indigenous Australians, compared to 69.5% of the total health expenditure for non-Indigenous Australians.

Australian Indigenous HealthInfoNet abstract

Australian Institute of Health and Welfare (2011)

Expenditure on health for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people 2008–09: an analysis by remoteness and disease.

Canberra: Australian Institute of Health and Welfare

Australian Institute of Health and Welfare (2011)

Older people leaving hospital: a statistical overview of the Transition Care Program in 2008–09.

Canberra: Australian Institute of Health and Welfare

Clement Z (2011)

Role of discharge planning in avoiding rehospitalisation in an Aboriginal man following head and neck surgery: a case report.

Aboriginal and Islander Health Worker Journal; 35(2): 20-22

Durey A, Thompson SC, Wood M (2011)

Time to bring down the twin towers in poor Aboriginal hospital care: addressing institutional racism and misunderstandings in communication.

Internal Medicine Journal; 42(1): 17-22

Li SQ, Pircher SLM, Guthridge SL, Condon JR, Wright AJ (2011)

Hospital admissions in the Northern Territory, 1976 to 2008.

Darwin: Northern Territory Department of Health

Slack-Smith LM, Read AW, Colvin LJ, Leonard H, Kilpatrick N, McAullay D, Messer LB (2011)

Total population investigation of dental hospitalizations in Indigenous children under five years in Western Australia using linked data.

Australian Dental Journal; 56(4): 358-364

Steering Committee for the Review of Government Service Provision (2011)

Report on government services 2011: Indigenous compendium.

Canberra: Productivity Commission

Victorian Department of Health (2011)

Koori health counts! Victorian Aboriginal hospital data 2009-10.

Melbourne: Victorian Department of Health

Western Australian Drug and Alcohol Office (2011)

Alcohol-related hospitalisations and deaths in Western Australia: Drug and Alcohol Office surveillance report November 2011.

Perth, WA: Western Australian Drug and Alcohol Office

This series of 10 reports provides information on the prevalence of alcohol consumption, alcohol-related hospitalisations and alcohol-related deaths in the metropolitan, rural and remote areas of Western Australia. The reports were collated by the Western Australian Drug and Alcohol Office with the assistance of the Department of Health and include:

  • State report
  • north metropolitan area
  • south metropolitan area
  • South West
  • Great Southern
  • Wheatbelt
  • Midwest
  • Goldfields
  • Kimberley
  • Pilbara.

Abstract adapted from Western Australian Drug and Alcohol Office

Zhao Y, You J, Guthridge SL, Lee AH (2011)

A multilevel analysis on the relationship between neighbourhood poverty and public hospital utilization: is the high Indigenous morbidity avoidable?.

BMC Public Health; 11: 737

Retrieved 27 September 2011 from http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1471-2458-11-737

2010

Australian Institute of Health and Welfare (2010)

Australian hospital statistics 2008-09.

Canberra: Australian Institute of Health and Welfare

Australian Institute of Health and Welfare (2010)

Chronic kidney disease hospitalisations in Australia 2000–01 to 2007–08.

Canberra: Australian Institute of Health and Welfare

Australian Institute of Health and Welfare (2010)

Indigenous identification in hospital separations data-quality report.

Canberra: Australian Institute of Health and Welfare

Australian Institute of Health and Welfare (2010)

Weight loss surgery in Australia.

Canberra: Australian Institute of Health and Welfare

Australian Medical Association (2010)

Public hospital report card 2010.

Canberra: Australian Medical Association

Department of Health and Ageing (2010)

The state of our public hospitals: June 2010 report.

Canberra: Department of Health and Ageing, Australia

O'Donnell M, Nassar N, Leonard H, Jacoby P, Mathews R, Patterson Y, Stanley F (2010)

Rates and types of hospitalisations for children who have subsequent contact with the child protection system: a population based case-control study.

Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health; 64(9): 784-788

O’Grady K-AF, Taylor-Thomson DM, Chang AB, Torzillo PJ, Morris PS, Mackenzie GA, Wheaton GR, Bauert PA, De Campo MP, De Campo JF, Ruben AR (2010)

Rates of radiologically confirmed pneumonia as defined by the World Health Organization in Northern Territory Indigenous children.

Medical Journal of Australia; 192(10): 592-595

O’Grady K-AF, Torzillo PJ, Chang AB (2010)

Hospitalisation of Indigenous children in the Northern Territory for lower respiratory illness in the first year of life.

Medical Journal of Australia; 192(10): 586-590

Victorian Statewide Emergency Program (2010)

Improving the patient experience for aboriginal people in the emergency department.

Melbourne: Victorian Department of Health

2009

Aboriginal Medical Services Alliance Northern Territory (2009)

Response to National Hospital and Health Reform Commission: Aboriginal Medical Services Alliance Northern Territory submission.

Canberra: Aboriginal Medical Services Alliance Northern Territory

Australian Institute of Health and Welfare (2009)

Australian hospital statistics 2007-08.

Canberra: Australian Institute of Health and Welfare

Australian Institute of Health and Welfare (2009)

Measuring and reporting mortality in hospital patients.

Canberra: Australian Institute of Health and Welfare

Knight S (2009)

The National Health and Hospital Reform Commission's agenda for change.

Paper presented at the Rural health: the place to be ... The 10th National Rural Health Conference. 17-20 May 2009, Cairns, Qld

Li SQ, Gray NJ, Guthridge SL, Pircher SLM (2009)

Avoidable hospitalisation in Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal people in the Northern Territory.

Medical Journal of Australia; 190(10): 532-536

Robinson M, Downes C, Miller A, Heffernan R (2009)

Failure of the Indigenous population to attend post operative follow up post hip and knee joint arthroplasty.

Orthopaedic Proceedings; 94-B(Supp XXIII, 84):

Royal Australasian College of Physicians (2009)

Submission on behalf of the Royal Australasian College of Physicians to National Health and Hospitals Reform Commission.

Canberra: Royal Australasian College of Physicians

2008

Australian Institute of Health and Welfare (2008)

Rural, regional and remote health: indicators of health system performance.

Canberra: Australian Institute of Health and Welfare

Population Health Division (NSW) (2008)

The health of the people of New South Wales – report of the Chief Health Officer, data book – Aboriginal peoples.

Sydney: NSW Department of Health

2007

Australian Institute of Health and Welfare (2007)

Australian hospital statistics 2005-06.

Canberra: Australian Institute of Health and Welfare

 
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