Table 1 Key characteristics of client files by geographic location, age and CQI participation in Indigenous children aged 3–59 months
Geographic location | Age (months) | CQI participation (number of audits completed) | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Total | Remote | Rural | Urban | 3–11 | 12–23 | 24–59 | 1 | 2 | > = 3 | |
Total | 2466 | 2010 (81.51%) | 371 (15.0%) | 85 (3.5%) | 609 (24.7%) | 532 (21.6%) | 1325 (53.7%) | 410 (16.6%) | 569 (23.1%) | 1487 (60.3%) |
Health service characteristics | ||||||||||
Governance | ||||||||||
Aboriginal community controlled | 573 (23.2%) | 319 (15.9%) | 224 (60.4%) | 30 (35.3%) | 133 (21.8%) | 118 (22.2%) | 322 (24.3%) | 77 (18.8%) | 182 (32.0%) | 314 (21.1%) |
Government | 1893 (76.8%) | 1691 (84.1%) | 147 (39.6%) | 55 (64.7%) | 476 (78.2%) | 414 (77.8%) | 1003 (75.7%) | 333 (81.2%) | 387 (68.0%) | 1173 (78.9%) |
Health service provider who first saw the child | ||||||||||
Indigenous health worker | 338 (13.7%) | 220 (10.9%) | 94 (25.3%) | 24 (28.2%) | 69 (11.3%) | 67 (12.6%) | 202 (15.2%) | 21 (5.1%) | 88 (15.5%) | 229 (15.4%) |
Nurse | 1723 (69.9%) | 1505 (74.9%) | 176 (47.4%) | 42 (49.4%) | 460 (75.5%) | 381 (71.6%) | 882 (66.6%) | 286 (69.8%) | 430 (75.6%) | 1007 (67.7%) |
General practitioner | 271 (11.0%) | 163 (8.1%) | 90 (24.3%) | 18 (21.2%) | 62 (10.2%) | 60 (11.3%) | 149 (11.2%) | 81 (19.8%) | 27 (4.7%) | 163 (11.0%) |
Other | 117 (4.7%) | 106 (5.3%) | 10 (2.7%) | 1 (1.2%) | 16 (2.6%) | 20 (3.8%) | 81 (6.1%) | 21 (5.1%) | 24 (4.2%) | 72 (4.8%) |
Missing | 17 (0.7%) | 16 (0.8%) | 1 (0.3%) | 0 (0.0%) | 2 (0.3%) | 4 (0.8%) | 11 (0.8%) | 1 (0.2%) | 0 (0.0%) | 16 (1.1%) |
Year of data collection | ||||||||||
2012 | 488 (19.8%) | 319 (15.9%) | 148 (39.9%) | 21 (24.7%) | 127 (20.9%) | 107 (20.1%) | 254 (19.2%) | 196 (47.8%) | 84 (14.8%) | 208 (14.0%) |
2013 | 1334 (54.1%) | 1163 (57.9%) | 171 (46.1%) | 0 (0.0%) | 313 (51.4%) | 276 (51.9%) | 745 (56.2%) | 155 (37.8%) | 274 (48.2%) | 905 (60.9%) |
2014 | 644 (26.1%) | 528 (26.3%) | 52 (14.0%) | 64 (75.3%) | 169 (27.8%) | 149 (28.0%) | 326 (24.6%) | 59 (14.4%) | 211 (37.1%) | 374 (25.2%) |
Population size | ||||||||||
< 500 | 848 (34.4%) | 831 (41.3%) | 17 (4.6%) | 0 (0.0%) | 137 (22.5%) | 196 (36.8%) | 515 (38.9%) | 101 (24.6%) | 175 (30.8%) | 572 (38.5%) |
500–999 | 499 (20.2%) | 448 (22.3%) | 41 (11.1%) | 10 (11.8%) | 114 (18.7%) | 101 (19.0%) | 284 (21.4%) | 104 (25.4%) | 92 (16.2%) | 303 (20.4%) |
> =1000 | 1119 (45.4%) | 731 (36.4%) | 313 (84.4%) | 75 (88.2%) | 358 (58.8%) | 235 (44.2%) | 526 (39.7%) | 205 (50.0%) | 302 (53.1%) | 612 (41.2%) |
Child characteristics | ||||||||||
Sex of child | ||||||||||
Male | 1249 (50.6%) | 1017 (50.6%) | 189 (50.9%) | 43 (50.6%) | 310 (50.9%) | 272 (51.1%) | 667 (50.3%) | 202 (49.3%) | 283 (49.7%) | 764 (51.4%) |
Female | 1217 (49.4%) | 993 (49.4%) | 182 (49.1%) | 42 (49.4%) | 299 (49.1%) | 260 (48.9%) | 658 (49.7%) | 208 (50.7%) | 286 (50.3%) | 723 (48.6%) |
Type of child health check completed in the last 12 months | ||||||||||
Medical benefits schedule (MBS) 715 | 999 (40.5%) | 847 (42.1%) | 122 (32.9%) | 30 (35.3%) | 246 (40.4%) | 229 (43.0%) | 524 (39.5%) | 115 (28.0%) | 212 (37.3%) | 672 (45.2%) |
Other child health check | 648 (26.3%) | 507 (25.2%) | 124 (33.4%) | 17 (20.0%) | 181 (29.7%) | 147 (27.6%) | 320 (24.2%) | 144 (35.1%) | 88 (15.5%) | 416 (28.0%) |
Not known / not recorded | 819 (33.2%) | 656 (32.6%) | 125 (33.7%) | 38 (44.7%) | 182 (29.9%) | 156 (29.3%) | 481 (36.3%) | 151 (36.8%) | 269 (47.3%) | 399 (26.8%) |
Reason for last clinic attendance | ||||||||||
Acute care | 1200 (48.7%) | 990 (49.3%) | 171 (46.1%) | 39 (45.9%) | 265 (43.5%) | 271 (50.9%) | 664 (50.1%) | 161 (39.3%) | 284 (49.9%) | 755 (50.8%) |
Vaccination | 366 (14.8%) | 268 (13.3%) | 78 (21.0%) | 20 (23.5%) | 122 (20.0%) | 87 (16.4%) | 157 (11.8%) | 64 (15.6%) | 89 (15.6%) | 213 (14.3%) |
Child health check | 577 (23.4%) | 467 (23.2%) | 92 (24.8%) | 18 (21.2%) | 155 (25.5%) | 112 (21.1%) | 310 (23.4%) | 105 (25.6%) | 117 (20.6%) | 355 (23.9%) |
Other | 323 (13.1%) | 285 (14.2%) | 30 (8.1%) | 8 (9.4%) | 67 (11.0%) | 62 (11.7%) | 194 (14.6%) | 80 (19.5%) | 79 (13.9%) | 164 (11.0%) |