Burden of COVID and dementia set to grow: AIHW report Life expectancy for boys is increasing faster than for girls, as the true impact of the pandemic shows in the national agency’s latest health assessment.
Australian death rate in 2020 lowest on record: AIHW All-cause mortality rates declined by 7.7% from 2019, but there was one PHN where 67% of deaths were still considered ‘premature’.
Which diseases prompt the most spending in Australia? A new analysis published by the AIHW has ranked the spending per case of each disease in Australia for the first time.
Nearly half of Australia’s suicides potentially avoidable More than 145,000 years of healthy life was lost in Australia in 2019 due to suicide and self-harm, but four key factors could reduce that figure.
AIHW releases first dementia ‘compendium’ report in nine years The comprehensive review includes the latest information on how dementia is affecting Australians and what the future may hold.
Australia bucked global mortality trend in 2020: AIHW But while there were fewer deaths than expected, the pandemic still had profound effects on healthcare and general practice.
AIHW report highlights ‘vast burden’ of chronic disease Around one in two Australians over the age of 15 had a long-term health condition in 2019–20, a patient survey has revealed.
‘An excellent starting point’: PIP QI results published for first time More than 5700 general practices have been taking part in the incentives program since it launched in August 2019.
COVID’s impact on health service usage, rebates and scripts How many MBS services have been used, PBS prescriptions dispensed, and Government benefits paid during the pandemic?
Has the pandemic changed the way people utilise health services? The AIHW has released a series of reports outlining how COVID-19 changed the way Australians used health services in 2019–20.