Data sources...

for the Division Network and Primary Health Care

This information has been assembled for use by Divisions of General Practice, however, these data sources are useful for others interested in primary health care and general practice. Please note that this is not a definitive list, if you know of other data sources that can be added please let us know.

PHC RIS data and information sources

There are a range of PHC RIS products and publications that may assist you and your organisation.

Examples include:

Division Profiles
View current contact details for all Divisions of General Practice, as well as links to their websites, submitted plans and reports and other related information. Now updated with 2005-06 data.

Division Benchmarking Tool
PHC RIS have developed a table to facilitate benchmarking, helping Divisions of General Practice to identify other Divisions with the same demographic characteristics. Now updated with 2005-06 data.

Division Key Characteristics
A spreadsheet of information collected as part of the Annual Survey of Divisions (ASD). Now updated with 2005-06 data.

Division Mapping Tool
This tool has been designed to help identify Divisions conducting similar programs and activities, and has been developed using the data collected as part of the Annual Survey of Divisions 2005-06.

Fast Facts about Divisions
Looking for information about primary health care in a hurry? Then this is a must see! Based on information collected in the Annual Survey of Divisions (ASD) over a number of years, these information snapshots show trends over time and provide a whole new way of looking at the data.

Division Annual Plans and Reports
Links to all Division Annual Plans and Reports from 1999-2000 to 2004-2005.

Search Division Activities
Keyword searches of Division Plans and Reports from 1999-2000 to 2004-2005.

Annual Survey of Divisions (ASD)
Links to all ASD published reports. The most recent report is Making a Difference. Report of the 2005-06 Annual Survey of Divisions of General Practice.

Other sources of Division-level data and information

There are a number of other sources of data and information that may be useful. Please note that most of this data is not readily available at Division level.

General Practice Statistics for Divisions of General Practice
This Department of Health and Ageing website contains GP statistics for Divisions of General practice by financial year, from 1995-96 to 2005-06.

Health status of South Australians - A comprehensive report containing Division-level information about the health status of South Australians was released in 2007 and is available from the Population Research and Outcome Studies (PROS) Unit in the SA Department of Health.

Medicare Australia - links to a range of statistics. Including: General Practice Statistics Reports available through Medicare Australia can be used to produce MBS, PBS and PIP statistics at Division level

Population Health Profiles - Division level data produced by the Population Health Information Development Unit. Also available from this site: spreadsheets containing data included in the profiles, interactive mapping.

Other sources of Australian data and information

A compendium of Australian Health Data Resources was produced by Australian Primary Health Care Research Institute in December 2005 and lists some primary health care resources.

Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) - Free access to a range of ABS products and data. Including:

Australian Institute of Health and Welfare (AIHW) - Access to a range of publications and data cubes. Including:

Department of Health and Ageing Factbook 2006 - Australia's annual electronic publication of authoritative statistics on the health care system (1st edition)

HealthWIZ - a large national health statistical data library available on a searchable software engine. Contains databases from the 1970s to the present.

RRMA/Town search
Interested in knowing RRMA, ARIA, SLA or Division for an Australian town.

Postcodes Divisions cover
AGPN provides a 'Divisions Directory' which lists the postcodes covered by each Division.

Content updated by Ann-Louise Hordacre

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