PI 26 - Ear Health Check

Proportion of Indigenous regular clients ages 0-14 years who have a completed ear health check recorded.

Description

Proportion of Indigenous regular clients who, in the previous 12 months, have had a completed check that was recorded, of the:

Appearance of both ear canals and eardrums
Movement of both eardrums
Appearance of both ear canals and ear drums and movement of both ear drums

Both ears should be checked; however, if a person has only one ear, only one ear can be checked. If there is detail in the patient record specific to only the left or right ear the patient will still be included in the relevant measure code.

Notes

Note: New system and export codes have been added to relevant central qualifiers in Communicare to support recording data for this PI. Communicare Administrators should assess whether their local qualifiers need to similarly be updated. For more information, see Codes to support nKPI PI 26 Ear Health Checks.

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 deceased at the end of the reporting period are not included.

Table 1. NKPI PI 26
Element	Description
Communicare reports	Report > National KPI > PI26 Ear Health Checks Patients Report > National KPI > PI26 Ear Health Checks
Numerator	Calculation A: number of Indigenous regular clients aged `[Disaggregation: Age]` who have had a completed check of the appearance of both ear canals and ear drums within the previous 12 months. Calculation B: number of `[Disaggregation: Gender]` Indigenous regular clients aged `[Disaggregation: Age]`who have had a completed check of the movement of both eardrums within the previous 12 months. Calculation C: number of `[Disaggregation: Gender]` Indigenous regular clients aged `[Disaggregation: Age]`who have had a completed check of the appearance of both ear canals and eardrums and the movement of both eardrums within the previous 12 months.
Denominator	Calculation A, B and C: total number of `[Disaggregation: Gender]` Indigenous regular clients aged `[Disaggregation: Age]`.
Disaggregation	Age 0-11 months 12-23 months 24-35 months 36-59 months 5-9 years 10-14 years Gender Male Female
Additional data recording considerations	-

This information relates to V16.1 of the Specifications for National Key Performance Indicators and Online Services Reporting (Solving Health, Specifications for National Key Performance Indicators and Online Services Reporting V16.1. Sydney: Solving Health, March 2024). For more information, see https://www.solvinghealth.au/projects.