MHSC - National Mental Health Performance Framework

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Health Status and Outcomes (‘TIER 1’)
How healthy are Australians? Is it the same for everyone? Where is the most opportunity for improvement?

Health Conditions
Prevalence of disease, disorder, injury or trauma or other health-related states. Human Function
Alterations to body, structure or function (impairment), activities (activity limitation) and participation (restrictions in participation) Life Expectancy and Well-Being
Broad measures of physical, mental, and social well-being of individuals and other derived indicators such as Disability Adjusted Life Expectancy (DALE). Deaths
Age or condition specific mortality rates.

Determinants of Health (‘TIER 2’)
Are the factors determining health changing for the better? Is it the same for everyone? Where and for whom are they changing for the worse?

Environmental Factors
Physical, chemical and biological factors such as air, water, food and soil quality resulting from chemical pollution and waste disposal. Socio-economic Factors
Socio-economic factors such as education, employment per capita expenditure on health, and average weekly earnings. Community Capacity
Characteristics of communities and families such as population density, age distribution, health literacy, housing, community support services and transport. Health Behaviours
Attitudes, beliefs knowledge and behaviours e.g., patterns of eating, physical activity, excess alcohol consumption and smoking. Person-related Factors
Genetic related susceptibility to disease and other factors such as blood pressure, cholesterol levels and body weight.

Health System Performance (‘TIER 3’)
How well is the health system performing in delivering quality health actions to improve the health of all Australians? Is it the same for everyone?

Effective
Care, intervention or action achieves desired outcome. Appropriate
Care/intervention/action provided is relevant to the client’s needs and based on established standards. Efficient
Achieving desired results with most cost effective use of resources.

Responsive
Service provides respect for persons and is client orientated: - respect for dignity, confidential, participate in choices, prompt, quality of amenities, access to social support networks, and choice of provider. Accessible
Ability of people to obtain health care at the right place and right time irrespective of income, geography and cultural background. Safe
Potential risks of an intervention or the environment are identified and avoided or minimised.

Continuous
Ability to provide uninterrupted, coordinated care or service across programs, practitioners, organisations and levels over time. Capable
An individual or service’s capacity to provide a health service based on skills and knowledge. Sustainable
System or organisation’s capacity to provide infrastructure such as workforce, facilities and equipment, and be innovative and respond to emerging needs (research, monitoring).

Domains falling outside the National Mental Health Performance Framework

Domain name Indicator set

Health Status and Outcomes (‘TIER 1’) How healthy are Australians? Is it the same for everyone? Where is the most opportunity for improvement?
Health Conditions Prevalence of disease, disorder, injury or trauma or other health-related states.	Human Function Alterations to body, structure or function (impairment), activities (activity limitation) and participation (restrictions in participation)	Life Expectancy and Well-Being Broad measures of physical, mental, and social well-being of individuals and other derived indicators such as Disability Adjusted Life Expectancy (DALE).	Deaths Age or condition specific mortality rates.

Determinants of Health (‘TIER 2’) Are the factors determining health changing for the better? Is it the same for everyone? Where and for whom are they changing for the worse?
Environmental Factors Physical, chemical and biological factors such as air, water, food and soil quality resulting from chemical pollution and waste disposal.	Socio-economic Factors Socio-economic factors such as education, employment per capita expenditure on health, and average weekly earnings.	Community Capacity Characteristics of communities and families such as population density, age distribution, health literacy, housing, community support services and transport.	Health Behaviours Attitudes, beliefs knowledge and behaviours e.g., patterns of eating, physical activity, excess alcohol consumption and smoking.	Person-related Factors Genetic related susceptibility to disease and other factors such as blood pressure, cholesterol levels and body weight.

Health System Performance (‘TIER 3’) How well is the health system performing in delivering quality health actions to improve the health of all Australians? Is it the same for everyone?
Effective Care, intervention or action achieves desired outcome.	Appropriate Care/intervention/action provided is relevant to the client’s needs and based on established standards.	Efficient Achieving desired results with most cost effective use of resources.
Responsive Service provides respect for persons and is client orientated: - respect for dignity, confidential, participate in choices, prompt, quality of amenities, access to social support networks, and choice of provider.	Accessible Ability of people to obtain health care at the right place and right time irrespective of income, geography and cultural background.	Safe Potential risks of an intervention or the environment are identified and avoided or minimised.
Continuous Ability to provide uninterrupted, coordinated care or service across programs, practitioners, organisations and levels over time.	Capable An individual or service’s capacity to provide a health service based on skills and knowledge.	Sustainable System or organisation’s capacity to provide infrastructure such as workforce, facilities and equipment, and be innovative and respond to emerging needs (research, monitoring).

Domains falling outside the National Mental Health Performance Framework
Domain name	Indicator set