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Table 2 Characteristics of participating health centres and patients whose records were audited between 2005 & 2014 (number & %)

From: Improving preventive health care in Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander primary care settings

  

2005

2006

2007

2008

2009

2010

2011

2012

2013

2014

Overall

Primary Health Care Centres

12

36

35

46

50

38

79

66

61

28

137

  

N

%

N

%

N

%

N

%

N

%

N

%

N

%

N

%

N

%

N

%

N

%

Location

Urban

0

0

4

11

0

0

4

9

1

2

1

3

4

5

5

7.58

1

2

5

18

11

8

Regional

5

42

10

28

6

17

9

20

5

10

2

5

5

6

5

7.58

5

8

3

11

18

13

Remote

7

58

22

61

29

83

33

72

44

88

35

92

70

89

56

84.85

55

90

20

71

108

79

Governance

Community-controlled

8

67

25

69

22

63

22

48

20

40

11

29

13

16

7

11

7

11

7

25

37

27

Government

4

33

11

31

13

37

24

52

30

60

27

71

66

84

59

89

54

89

21

75

100

73

Number of audited records

358

1029

1015

1420

1554

1416

3557

2893

2875

991

17,108

Age (mean & range)

32 (15–55)

32 (15–63)

32 (15–61)

34 (15–65)

35 (15–65)

35 (15–65)

33 (15–65)

33 (15–65)

33 (15–65)

31(15–65)

33 (15–65)

Sex

Male

176

49

504

49

503

50

713

50

786

51

720

51

1836

52

1473

51

1433

50

507

51

8651

51

Indigenous status

Yes

250

70

962

93

907

89

1286

91

1476

95

1183

84

3015

85

2447

85

2485

86.43

897

91

14,908

87

Attended within last 24 months

295

82

958

93

952

94

1293

91

1454

94

1312

93

3395

95

2786

96

2727

95

969

98

16,141

94

Reason for last attendance

Well Person’s Check

8

2

118

11.5

107

11

133

9

104

7

149

10

381

11

375

13

423

15

120

12

1918

11

Acute care

151

42

509

49.5

528

52

717

50.5

750

48

657

46

1780

50

1356

47

1418

49

462

47

8328

49

 

Other

186

52

339

33

370

36

559

39.5

688

44

531

38

1234

34

1055

36

886

31

387

39

6235

36

Not recorded

13

4

63

6

10

1

11

1

12

1

79

6

162

5

107

4

148

5

22

2

627

4

Profession patient first seen by

AHP

53

15

269

26

195

19

335

23.59

293

19

265

18.7

674

19

617

21

534

18.6

154

16

3389

20

Nurse

127

35

362

35

473

47

582

40.99

774

50

610

43.1

1899

53

1494

52

1458

50.7

579

58

8358

49

GP

71

20

227

22

245

24

329

23.17

272

18

292

20.6

573

16

514

18

584

20.3

188

19

3295

19

 

Other

15

4

39

4

40

4

79

5.56

76

4

71

5

132

4

75

2

121

4.2

48

5

696

4

 

Not recorded

92

26

132

13

62

6

95

6.69

139

9

178

12.6

279

8

193

7

178

6.2

22

2

1370

8

  1. CQI continuous quality improvement, GP general practitioner, AHP Aboriginal health practitioner. ‘Other’ reason for last attendance includes appointments for mental illness, immunisation, antenatal and sexual health etc. ‘Other’ profession patient first seen by includes specialists and allied health professionals