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AIHW - Indigenous Eye Health Measures - Visiting Optometrists Scheme (VOS) Occasions of Service (PHN) 2016-2017

Created 01/08/2025

Updated 01/08/2025

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This dataset presents the footprint of the number of occasions of service for Indigenous Australians with eye health professionals, per 1,000 population, under the Visiting Optometrists Scheme (VOS). The data spans the financial year of 2016-2017 and is aggregated to 2015 Department of Health Primary Health Network (PHN) areas, based on the 2011 Australian Statistical Geography Standard (ASGS). The data is sourced from an Australian Institute of Health and Welfare (AIHW) analysis of unpublished Department of Health data. For further information about this dataset, visit the data source: Australian Institute of Health and Welfare - Indigenous Eye Health Measures 2017 Data Tables. Please note:

AURIN has spatially enabled the original data using the Department of Health - PHN Areas.

The data are crude rates.

The rates by PHN should be interpreted with caution as these services are predominantly provided in non-metropolitan areas. Rates were calculated for some metropolitan areas for comparison purposes, as these areas were only included in the program from 2014–15, and only a small number of services were provided there

Patients may have more than 1 occasion of service.

The identification of Indigenous patients varies between practitioners, so the number of occasions of service for Indigenous patients may be understated.

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Title AIHW - Indigenous Eye Health Measures - Visiting Optometrists Scheme (VOS) Occasions of Service (PHN) 2016-2017
Language English
Licence Not Specified
Landing Page https://data.gov.au/data/en/dataset/a7d82ea5-c273-4990-8b29-4dc78234fa66
Remote Last Updated 06/03/2025
Contact Point
Government of the Commonwealth of Australia - Australian Institute of Health and Welfare
support@aurin.org.au
Reference Period 06/03/2025
Geospatial Coverage
Map data © OpenStreetMap contributors
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      ],
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        -9.14
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        96.81,
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Data Portal Australian Urban Research Infrastructure Network

Data Source

This dataset was originally found on Australian Urban Research Infrastructure Network "AIHW - Indigenous Eye Health Measures - Visiting Optometrists Scheme (VOS) Occasions of Service (PHN) 2016-2017". Please visit the source to access the original metadata of the dataset:
https://data.aurin.org.au/dataset/au-govt-aihw-aihw-indigns-eye-health-vos-indigns-patients-phn-2016-17-phn2015