TY - BOOK ID - 134157610 TI - Health Statistics : The Australian Experience and Opportunities PY - 2022 PB - Basel MDPI - Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute DB - UniCat KW - Humanities KW - Social interaction KW - Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander health KW - Indigenous health measurement KW - life expectancy KW - misleading statistics KW - management use of information KW - data sovereignty KW - governance KW - mental KW - services KW - pandemic KW - COVID-19 KW - data linkage KW - Australia KW - cross-jurisdiction KW - dental caries KW - oral health KW - periodontal disease KW - tooth loss KW - health services KW - disability KW - data gaps KW - disability identification KW - International Classification of Functioning, Disability and Health (ICF) KW - Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (CRPD) KW - health statistics, disability statistics KW - inequalities KW - prescribing KW - quality use of medicines KW - medication safety KW - pharmacoepidemiology KW - medication data KW - health outcomes KW - real-world data KW - real-world evidence KW - mortality data KW - cause of death KW - coronial investigation KW - continuity of care KW - data KW - dementia KW - health KW - health service use KW - integration KW - last year of life KW - linkage KW - suicide KW - veterans KW - welfare KW - wellbeing KW - general practice KW - health services research KW - primary health care KW - health expenditure KW - health expenditure projections KW - disease expenditure KW - health expenditure policy KW - mental health KW - accountability KW - quality improvement KW - policy development KW - health statistics KW - Australian health system KW - health surveys KW - Indigenous UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:134157610 AB - Health statistics have progressed dramatically in Australia since the 1980s when the Australian Government created the (now) Australian Institute of Health and Welfare. The 12 papers in this Special Issue describe developments across a diverse range of topics, as well as providing an overview of the scope of health statistics in Australia and describing some ongoing gaps and problems. The papers will be of interest to international readers seeking to improve statistics about their health systems. Health statistics need to respect individuals’ personal information, be based on common data standards, and have adequate resourcing and committed staffing . The Australian experience provides valuable insights and examples. Australians will benefit from a comprehensive account of what has been achieved and what remains to be addressed. The papers in the Special Issue demonstrate the importance of continuing commitment to the statistical effort. Authors were chosen because of their known expertise in their respective fields. ER -