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ABORIGINAL AND TORRES STRAIT ISLANDER
HEALTH PERFORMANCE FRAMEWORK 2017 REPORT

Abbreviations

| A | B | C | D | E | F | G | H | I | J | K | L | M | N | O | P | Q | R | S | T | U | V | W | X | Y | Z |

A

AATSIHS
Australian Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Health Survey

ABS
Australian Bureau of Statistics

ACARA
Australian Curriculum, Assessment and Reporting Authority

ACCHO
Aboriginal Community Controlled Health Organisation

ACHS
Australian Council of Healthcare Standards

ACIR
Australian Childhood Immunisation Register

ACT
Australian Capital Territory

AGPAL
Australian General Practice Accreditation Limited

AHF
Aboriginal Health Forum

AHMAC
Australian Health Ministers’ Advisory Council

AHS
Australian Health Survey

AHW
Aboriginal health worker

AIC
Australian Institute of Criminology

AIDS
Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome

AIHW
Australian Institute of Health and Welfare

AMS
Aboriginal Medical Service

AMSANT
Aboriginal Medical Services Alliance

ANFPP
Australian Nurse-Family Partnership Program

ANZDATA
Australian and New Zealand Dialysis and Transplant Registry

APDC
Admitted Patient Data Collection

ARF
Acute Rheumatic Fever

ATSIHW
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Health Worker

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B

BBV
Blood Borne Virus

BEACH (see GP Survey data)
Bettering the Evaluation and Care of Health

BMI
Body Mass Index

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C

CAI
Computer Assisted Interview

CanDAD
Cancer Data and Aboriginal Disparities

CATSI
Act Corporations (Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander) Act 2006

CBDS
Child Dental Benefits Scheme

CDEP
Community DevelopmentEmployment Projects

CHC
Council of Australian Governments Health Council

COAG
Council of Australian Governments

COPD
Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease

CPI
Consumer Price Index

CVD
Cardiovascular Disease

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D

DMFT
Decayed, Missing, Filled Teeth (Adult—permanent)

Dmft
decayed, missing, filled teeth (Infant—deciduous)

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E

ENT
Ear Nose and Throat specialist

ESKD
End stage Kidney Disease

ESRD
End Stage Renal Disease

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F

FASD
Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder

FTE
Full-Time Equivalent

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G

GAS
Group A Streptococcal Bacterium

GDM
Gestational Diabetes Mellitus

GP
General Practitioner

GPA+
General Practice Accreditation Plus

GPMP
General Practitioner Management Plan

GP Survey data
Bettering the Evaluation and Care of Health (BEACH) survey data

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H

HbA1c
Haemoglobin A1c — a measurement that acts as an indicator of time-averaged blood glucose levels used as a marker of long-term diabetes control.

Health
Department of Health

Health Survey
Australian Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Health Survey and Australian Health Survey

HIV
Human Immunodeficiency Virus

HPF
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Health Performance Framework

HPV
Human Papilloma Virus

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I

IAS
Indigenous Advancement Strategy

IHD
Ischaemic Heart Disease

IPD
Invasive Pneumococcal Disease

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K

KRT
Kidney Replacement Therapy

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L

LHNs
Local Hospital Networks

LSAC
Longitudinal Study of Australian Children

LSIC
Longitudinal Study of Indigenous Children

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M

MBS
Medicare Benefits Scheme/Schedule

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N

NACCHO
National Aboriginal Community Controlled Health Organisation

NAGATSIHID
National Advisory Group on Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Health Information and Data

NAHA
National Affordable Housing Agreement

NAPLAN
National Assessment Program – Literacy and Numeracy

NATSIHSC
National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Health Standing Committee

NATSIHS
National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Health Survey

NATSINSAP
National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Nutrition Strategy and Action Plan

NATSIPDS
National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peoples Drug Strategy

NATSIS
National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Survey

NATSISS
National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Social Survey

NCSP
National Cervical Screening Program

NBCSP
National Bowel Cancer Screening Program

NHMRC
National Health and Medical Research Council

NHS
National Health Survey

NHPA
National Health Performance Authority

NHWDS
National Health Workforce Data Set

NIP
National Immunisation Program

NIRA
National Indigenous Reform Agreement

nKPI
national Key Performance Indicators (Indigenous primary health care organisations)

NMDS
National Minimum Data Set

NPESU
National Perinatal Epidemiology and Statistics Unit

NSW
New South Wales

NT
Northern Territory

NTC
National Tobacco Campaign

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O

OECD
Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development

ORIC
Office of the Registrar of Indigenous Corporations

OSR
Online Services Report

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P

PATS
Patient Assistance Travel Schemes

PBAC
Pharmaceutical Benefits Advisory Committee

PBS
Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme

PCIS
Primary Care Information System

PHC
Primary Health Care

PHN
Primary Health Networks

PIP
Practice Incentives Program

PYLL
Potential Years of Life Lost

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Q

QAAMS
The Quality Assurance for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Medical Services program

QIC
Quality Improvement Council

Qld
Queensland

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R

RACGP
Royal Australian College of General Practitioners

RHD
Rheumatic Heart Disease

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S

SA
South Australia

SCRGSP
Steering Committee for the Review of Government Service Provision

SEIFA
Socio-Economic Indexes for Areas

SIDS
Sudden Infant Death Syndrome

SLA
Statistical Local Area

Social Survey
National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Social Survey and General Social Survey

STI
Sexually Transmissible Infection

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T

TAFE
Technical and Further Education

TCA
Team Care Arrangement

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V

VAED
Victorian Admitted Episodes Dataset

VEMD
Victorian Emergency Minimum Dataset

VET
Vocational Education and Training

VI
Visual Impairment

VII
Voluntary Indigenous Identifier

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W

WA
Western Australia

WAACHS
Western Australia Aboriginal Child Health Survey

WHO
World Health Organization

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