 ASD 2005-06: Feedback for Divisions and web updates
Ann-Louise Hordacre, PHC RIS
In January 2007, each of the 119 Divisions of General Practice received individualised feedback of their responses to the 2005-06 Annual Survey of Divisions (ASD). This summary information is provided to aid Divisions in future planning and reporting.
The ASD contains standardised data collected as part of Division's reporting requirements for the Department of Health and Ageing. This annual collection is a longitudinal resource detailing activities and programs conducted by the Divisions Network to support primary health care in local settings, along with a record of internal Division membership, infrastructure and governance.
Given that Divisions are so diverse in their characteristics, the individualised feedback makes it possible for comparisons with other similar Divisions. Accordingly, Divisions can view their responses alongside aggregated responses of all Australian Divisions, Divisions in their state, and in a similar metropolitan, rural or remote area; or with a similar population, population per fulltime workload equivalent (FWE) GP, and proportion of Indigenous population.
Whilst the individualised feedback is provided confidentially to Divisions, a number of PHC RIS on-line resources have also been updated with current 2005-06 data. The Divisions Benchmarking Tool (Web: www.phcris.org.au/products/benchmarking.php) categorises Divisions with similar demographic characteristics. From this page you can also link to the Division Key Characteristics spreadsheet detailing, for example, specific population data, GP and practice numbers for each Division. If you are looking for contact details or information about a specific Division, the PHC RIS Division Profiles pages, accessible at www.phcris.org.au/divisions/profiles/index.php has also been updated. These pages provide a link to the most recently available Division Plans and Reports (for 2004-05).
Analysis of the complete 2005-06 ASD dataset is now underway. Once published the report will be made available on the Primary Health Care Research & Information Service (PHC RIS) website at www.phcris.org.au
For more information contact:
Dr Ann-Louise Hordacre
Ph: 08 8204 3183
E: annlouise.hordacre@flinders.edu.au
What you said about the Annual Survey of Divisions
Cecilia Moretti & Sarah Eckermann, PHC RIS
In November last year PHC RIS sought out feedback on the Annual Survey of Divisions (ASD) and its associated products from the Divisions of General Practice. The Divisions of General Practice had recently completed the Annual Survey of Divisions (ASD) on-line for the first time for the 2005-06 period. Other on-line products have also recently been developed to complement the 04-05 ASD data including the Mapping Tool and Benchmarking Tools, and using rolling surveys we were able to monitor stakeholder awareness and use of these products.
Thirty-one Division staff were interviewed (including 13 CEOs). The results showed that:
ASD on-line
There was strong support for the online process, with most finding it ‘easy to use' and a ‘great improvement on previous years', while there was less support for the ASD survey content.
2004-05 ASD report
There was a fairly even split between respondents who considered the ASD reports (current and retrospective) more or less useful.
ASD reports were considered useful for:
- benchmarking
- planning
- preparing submissions
- informing external stakeholders, board members and public relations exercises.
ASD reports were not considered useful as:
- Divisions need local information rather than broad overviews
- data are outdated by time of release.
PHC RIS on-line tools
The survey showed that many Division staff were unaware of the online tools, and that a large gap exists between awareness and use of the Benchmarking Tool and the Mapping Tool.
The main reasons given for not using the tools were:
- lack of time
- not having had a reason to use them to date.
For further information contact:
Cecilia Moretti
Ph: 08 8204 5886
E: cecilia.moretti@flinders.edu.au
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