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Abbreviation |
Title |
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AATSIHS |
Australian Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Health Survey |
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ABS |
Australian Bureau of Statistics |
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ACARA |
Australian Curriculum, Assessment and Reporting Authority |
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ACCHO |
Aboriginal Community Controlled Health Organisation |
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ACD |
Australian Cancer Database |
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ACHS |
Australian Council of Healthcare Standards |
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ACIR |
Australian Childhood Immunisation Register |
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ACT |
Australian Capital Territory |
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AEDC |
Australian Early Development Census |
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AGPAL |
Australian General Practice Accreditation Limited |
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AHF |
Aboriginal Health Forum |
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AHMAC |
Australian Health Ministers’ Advisory Council |
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AHS |
Australian Health Survey |
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AHW |
Aboriginal Health Worker |
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AIC |
Australian Institute of Criminology |
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AIDS |
Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome |
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AIHW |
Australian Institute of Health and Welfare |
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AIR |
Australian Immunisation Register |
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AMS |
Aboriginal Medical Service |
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AMSANT |
Aboriginal Medical Services Alliance Northern Territory |
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ANFPP |
Australian Nurse-Family Partnership Program |
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ANZDATA |
Australia and New Zealand Dialysis and Transplant Registry |
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AODTS-NMDS |
Alcohol and Other Drug Treatment Services National Minimum Data Set |
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APDC |
Admitted Patient Data Collection |
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ARF |
Acute Rheumatic Fever |
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BBV |
Blood Borne Virus |
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BEACH |
Bettering the Evaluation and Care of Health data (Family Medicine Research Centre, University of Sydney) (see GP Survey data) |
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BMI |
Body Mass Index |
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CAI |
Computer Assisted Interview |
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CanDAD |
Cancer Data and Aboriginal Disparities |
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CATSI |
Corporations (Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander) Act 2006 |
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CBDS |
Child Dental Benefits Scheme |
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CDCP |
United States Centres for Disease Control and Prevention, National Centre for Health Statistics |
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CDEP |
Community Development Employment Projects |
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Census |
Census of Population and Housing |
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CHC |
Council of Australian Governments Health Council |
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CHCI |
Child Health Check Initiative Dental data |
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COPD |
Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease |
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CP |
Child Protection National Minimum Data Set (Child Protection Collection) |
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CPI |
Consumer Price Index |
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CVD |
Cardiovascular Disease |
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DEP |
Deadly Ears Program |
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DIC |
National Deaths in Custody Program |
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DMFT |
Decayed, Missing, Filled Teeth (Adult—permanent) |
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dmft |
decayed, missing, filled teeth (Infant—deciduous) |
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DoH/DoHAC |
Australian Government Department of Health/Department of Health and Aged Care |
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DSNMDS |
Disability Services National Minimum Data Set |
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DUMA |
Drug Use Monitoring in Australia |
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ENT |
Ear Nose and Throat specialist |
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ESKD |
end-stage kidney disease |
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ESRD |
end-stage renal disease |
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FASD |
Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder |
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FTE |
Full-Time Equivalent |
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GAS |
Group A Streptococcal Bacterium |
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GDM |
Gestational Diabetes Mellitus |
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GP |
general practitioner |
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GPA+ |
See QPA |
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GPMP |
General Practitioner Management Plan |
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GPS |
Department of Health General Practice Statistics |
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GP Survey data |
Bettering the Evaluation and Care of Health (BEACH) survey data |
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GSS |
General Social Survey |
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HbA1C |
glycated haemoglobin (A1c) (A measurement that acts as an indicator of time-averaged blood glucose levels used as a marker of long-term diabetes control) |
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Health Survey |
National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Health Survey |
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HED |
Health Expenditure Database |
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HESC |
Higher Education Statistics Collection |
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HIB |
Haemophilus influenzae type B |
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HIV |
Human Immunodeficiency Virus |
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HIVR |
National HIV Registry |
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HPF |
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Health Performance Framework |
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HPV |
Human Papilloma Virus |
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IAS |
Indigenous Advancement Strategy |
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IAHP |
Indigenous Australians’ Health Programme |
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IHD |
Ischaemic Heart Disease |
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IPD |
Invasive Pneumococcal Disease |
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IRSD |
Index of Relative Socio-economic Disadvantage |
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ISHP |
Indigenous-specific health service |
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JJ NMDS |
Juvenile Justice National Minimum Dataset |
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KRT |
Kidney Replacement Therapy |
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LHNs |
Local Hospital Networks |
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Life tables |
Life tables for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Australians |
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LSAC |
Longitudinal Study of Australian Children |
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LSIC |
Longitudinal Study of Indigenous Children |
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MBS |
Medicare Benefits Schedule |
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NACCHO |
National Aboriginal Community Controlled Health Organisation |
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NAGATSIHID |
National Advisory Group on Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Health Information and Data |
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NAHA |
National Affordable Housing Agreement |
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NAPLAN |
National Assessment Program—Literacy and Numeracy |
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NATSIHS |
National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Health Survey |
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NATSIHSC |
National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Health Standing Committee |
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NATSINSAP |
National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Nutrition Strategy and Action Plan |
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NATSIPDS |
National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peoples Drug Strategy |
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NATSIS |
National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Survey |
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NATSISS |
National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Social Survey |
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NBCSP |
National Bowel Cancer Screening Program |
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NCMH |
National Community Mental Health Care Database |
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NCSP |
National Cervical Screening Program |
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NDA |
National Disability Agreement |
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NEHS |
National Eye Health Survey |
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NESWT |
National Elective Surgery Waiting Times Data Collection |
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NHMD |
National Hospital Morbidity Database |
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NHMP |
National Homicide Monitoring Program |
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NHMRC |
National Health and Medical Research Council |
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NHPA |
National Health Performance Authority |
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NHS |
National Health Survey |
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NHWDS |
National Health Workforce Data Set |
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NIAA |
National Indigenous Australians Agency |
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NIEHS |
National Indigenous Eye Health Survey |
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NIP |
National Immunisation Program |
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NIRA |
National Indigenous Reform Agreement |
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nKPI |
national Key Performance Indicators (Indigenous primary health care organisations) |
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NMD |
National Mortality Database |
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NMDS |
national minimum data set |
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NMHED |
National Mental Health Establishments Database |
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NNAPEDCD |
National Non-admitted Patient Emergency Department Care Database |
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NNDSS |
National Notifiable Diseases Surveillance System |
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NOPSAD |
National Opioid Pharmacotherapy Statistics Annual Data collection |
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NPC |
National Prisoner Census |
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NPDC |
National Perinatal Data Collection |
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NPESU |
National Perinatal Epidemiology and Statistics Unit |
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NPHDC |
National Prisoner Health Data Collection |
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NPHED |
National Public Hospitals Establishment Database |
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NSSC |
National Schools Statistics Collection |
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NSW |
New South Wales |
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NT |
Northern Territory |
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NTC |
National Tobacco Campaign |
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NTRAI dental |
Northern Territory Remote Aboriginal Investment Dental Data Collection |
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NTRAI, ENT |
Northern Territory Remote Aboriginal Investment audiology and ear, nose and throat (ENT) data collections |
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NZ |
New Zealand |
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OECD |
Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development |
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ORIC |
Office of the Registrar of Indigenous Corporations |
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OSR |
Online Services Report data collection |
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PATS |
Patient Assistance Travel Schemes |
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PBAC |
Pharmaceutical Benefits Advisory Committee |
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PBS |
Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme |
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PCIS |
Primary Care Information System |
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PHC |
Primary Health Care |
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PHN |
Primary Health Network |
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PIP |
Practice Incentives Program |
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PMC |
Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet |
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PPH |
Potentially preventable hospitalisations |
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PYLL |
Potential Years of Life Lost |
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QAAMS |
The Quality Assurance for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Medical Services program |
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QIC |
Quality Improvement Council |
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Qld |
Queensland |
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QPA |
Quality Practice Accreditation - previously known as GPA+ |
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RAAHS Program |
Remote Area Aboriginal Health Services Program |
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RACGP |
Royal Australian College of General Practitioners |
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RHD |
National Rheumatic Heart Disease data collection |
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RHOF |
Department of Health Rural Health Outreach Fund |
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RPBS |
Repatriation Schedule of Pharmaceutical Benefits |
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RWA NMDS |
Rural Workforce Agencies National Minimum Data Set |
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SA |
South Australia |
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SAR, DASR |
Service Activity Report and Drug and Alcohol Service Report |
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SCRGSP |
Steering Committee for the Review of Government Service Provision |
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SEIFA |
Socio-Economic Indexes for Areas |
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SEW |
Survey of Education and Work |
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SHSC |
Specialist Homelessness Services Collection |
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SIDS |
sudden infant death syndrome |
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SLA |
Statistical Local Area |
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STI |
sexually transmissible infections |
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SUDI |
sudden unexpected death in infancy |
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TAFE |
Technical and Further Education |
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Tas |
Tasmania |
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TCA |
Team Care Arrangement |
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Trachoma |
Trachoma surveillance report |
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VAED |
Victorian Admitted Episodes Dataset |
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VEMD |
Victorian Emergency Minimum Dataset |
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VET |
Vocational education and training |
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VET TPC |
National Vocational Education Training Provider Collection |
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VET TSC |
National Vocational Education Training in Schools Collection |
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VI |
Visual Impairment |
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Vic |
Victoria |
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VII |
Voluntary Indigenous Identifier |
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VOS |
Department of Health Visiting Optometrist Scheme data |
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WA |
Western Australia |
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WAACHS |
Western Australian Aboriginal Child Health Survey |
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WHO |
World Health Organization |
