Abstract
The Australian Institute of Health and Welfare (AIHW) is a leader in the provision of high-quality health and welfare information. Its work program has built a strong evidence base for better decisions that deliver improved health and welfare outcomes. The evolution of the AIHW’s data integration program has exemplified innovation in identifying and addressing key information gaps, as well as responsiveness to opportunities to develop and capture the data required to inform national priorities. The AIHW conducts data integration in partnership with data custodians and specialists in integration and analysis. A linkage project requiring the integration of Australian government data must be undertaken by an accredited integrating authority. The AIHW has met stringent criteria covering project governance, capability, and data management to gain this accreditation. In this capacity, the AIHW is trusted to integrate Australian government data for high-risk research projects. To date, the AIHW’s integration projects have generated improved research outcomes that have identified vulnerable population groups, improved the understanding of health risk factors, and contributed to the development of targeted interventions. These projects have fostered new insights into dementia, disability, health service use, patient experiences of healthcare, and suicide. Upcoming projects aim to further the understanding of interrelationships between determinants of wellbeing.
Highlights
The Australian Institute of Health and Welfare (AIHW) is a leader in health and welfare information
Its analytical work program offers insights into how Australians interact with the health and welfare systems, through the analysis of a broad range of data sourced from surveys, administrative records, and service delivery functions
The AIHW has developed an extensive data integration program that has provided opportunities to build richer analytical datasets, which can deliver research outcomes beyond what is possible from analysis of single data sources
Summary
This accreditation allows the AIHW to integrate Australian government data for statistical and research purposes In this context, the AIHW has developed an extensive data integration program that has provided opportunities to build richer analytical datasets, which can deliver research outcomes beyond what is possible from analysis of single data sources. Australian Collaborating Center (ACC) for the WHO-FIC; Collaboration with the Canadian Institute for Health Information, through sharing and comparing approaches, and participating in secondments across the agencies; Membership with the National Initiative Network, a collective that shares experiences in developing stronger frameworks to promote secondary use of health and wellbeing data; Partnership with The Five Eyes research collective, with a particular focus on international comparisons of data about veterans; Contact with the United States of America National Center for Health Statistics, Statistics New Zealand, and the Commonwealth Fund
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