Australian Health Ministers' Conference Publications

This section of the site contains publications from the Australian Health Ministers' Conferences.

National Chronic Disease Strategy

National Service Improvement Frameworks

National Service Improvement Framework for Asthma
National Service Improvement Framework for Cancer
National Service Improvement Framework for Diabetes
National Service Improvement Framework for Heart, Stroke and Vascular Disease
National Service Improvement Framework for Osteoarthritis, Rheumatoid Arthritis and Osteoporosis

Blueprint for nation-wide surveillance of chronic diseases and associated determinants

Final Report of the Review of Future Governance Arrangements for Safety and Quality in Health Care

PDF Version of Final Report of the Review of Future Governance Arrangements for Safety and Quality in Health Care (PDF 317 KB)
RTF Version of Final Report of the Review of Future Governance Arrangements for Safety and Quality in Health Care (RTF 851 KB)

National Obesity Taskforce Report

Healthy Weight 2008 - Australia's Future (PDF 260KB)

Project 1a - Mapping of Services at the Interfaces of Acute and Aged Care

Executive Summary in PDF (90kb)
Part 1 in PDF (119kb)
Part 2 in PDF (214kb)
Part 3 in PDF (253kb)
Appendices in PDF (69kb)

Project 1b - Service Provision for Older People in the Acute - Aged Care System

Final Report in PDF (825kb)

13 Maps

Project 2 - Examination of Length of Stay for Older Persons in Acute Care and Sub-Acute Sectors

Report in PDF (2,256kb)
Appendices in PDF (292kb)
Supplementary Statistical Analysis in PDF (242kb)

AIHW

Feasibility study on linking hospital morbidity and residential aged care data to examine the interface between the two sectors in PDF (275kb)

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