This report is the first AIHW publication dealing with data from the first year (2002-03) of the redeveloped Commonwealth State/Territory Disability Agreement National Minimum Data Set collection. This report focuses on service users and their characteristics and service type outlets funded to deliver services under the agreement, within the first six months of 2003.

This report documents recent, current and planned longitudinal cohort studies of ageing in Australia, as well as a selection of international studies. As a guide to existing studies, it is intended that the report and associated documentation will be a practical resource supporting future efforts to address ageing research needs in Australia. This guide also...

This report explores issues associated with current data collection in the area of community based palliative care provision and recommends strategies leading to the collection of nationally comparable information.

In keeping in line with a new emphasis on a whole of government cross-sectoral approach to childhood policy, the AIHW has broadened its reporting framework to encompass a wider set on influences on childhood development. This bulletin provides an overview of the key indicators to be published in A Picture of Australia's Children 2005, as...

This report is the sixth national report on the performance of the National Cervical Screening Program in Australia. Cervical screening services are provided as part of mainstream health services with general practitioners performing approximately 80 per cent of Pap smears. The program is funded by the Australian Government, and the state and territory governments. This...