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
B
BBV
Blood Borne Virus
BEACH (see GP Survey data)
Bettering the Evaluation and Care of Health
BMI
Body Mass Index
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
D
DMFT
Decayed, Missing, Filled Teeth (Adult—permanent)
Dmft
decayed, missing, filled teeth (Infant—deciduous)
E
ENT
Ear Nose and Throat specialist
ESKD
End stage Kidney Disease
ESRD
End Stage Renal Disease
F
FASD
Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder
FTE
Full-Time Equivalent
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
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
I
IAS
Indigenous Advancement Strategy
IHD
Ischaemic Heart Disease
IPD
Invasive Pneumococcal Disease
K
KRT
Kidney Replacement Therapy
L
LHNs
Local Hospital Networks
LSAC
Longitudinal Study of Australian Children
LSIC
Longitudinal Study of Indigenous Children
M
MBS
Medicare Benefits Scheme/Schedule
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
O
OECD
Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development
ORIC
Office of the Registrar of Indigenous Corporations
OSR
Online Services Report
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
Q
QAAMS
The Quality Assurance for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Medical Services program
QIC
Quality Improvement Council
Qld
Queensland
R
RACGP
Royal Australian College of General Practitioners
RHD
Rheumatic Heart Disease
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
T
TAFE
Technical and Further Education
TCA
Team Care Arrangement
V
VAED
Victorian Admitted Episodes Dataset
VEMD
Victorian Emergency Minimum Dataset
VET
Vocational Education and Training
VI
Visual Impairment
VII
Voluntary Indigenous Identifier
W
WA
Western Australia
WAACHS
Western Australia Aboriginal Child Health Survey
WHO
World Health Organization