PI 09 - Smoking status recorded
Proportion of regular clients whose smoking status has been recorded.
Description
Proportion of Indigenous regular clients who have had their smoking status recorded.
Notes
- User may select between AIHW's definition of Regular Client (attended the OATSIH-funded primary health care service at least 3 times in 2 years), or Communicare's Current Patient status.
- Patients must be recorded as Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander or both.
- Patients must have had a qualifier recorded with a system code of SMO or SMP to be included. Central qualifiers are Smoking status and Smoking during pregnancy. For more information, see Qualifier codes.
Element | Description |
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Communicare reports |
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Numerator | The latest smoking status recorded before the end of the report period is used: there is no currency period. For details of system codes used to identify smoking statuses, see Procedure, Immunisation, Pathology & Medicare codes reference. |
Denominator | Regular, Indigenous patients aged 11 years and over. |
Additional data recording considerations | none |