Table 1 Health service characteristics for the health systems assessment ^a

Service population (% regular clients)

3444 (63%)

2882 (76%)

504 (63%)

748 (76%)

11740 (70%)

780 (72%)

1100 (91%)

Indigenous governed

No

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Indigenous manager

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

No

Workforce total (Indigenous)

26 (9)

42 (23)

6 (5)

9 (4)

133 (103)

7(2)

12 (6)

General Practitioners (Indigenous)

4 (1)

6

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2 (1)

8

1

1*

Registered Nurses (Indigenous)

9 (1)

1

2 (1)

1

14 (2)

4

3

Aboriginal Health Workers

2

3

0

2

17

2

2

Allied health staff

3

0

0

0

2

0

0

Chronic disease specific staff

Yes

No

No

No

Yes

Yes

No

Systems

Electronic record system

Practix

MD^c

Ferret/ MD^c

MD^c

MD^c

Communi-care

Communi-care

Automated pathology

Yes

Yes

Yes

No

Yes

Yes

Yes

Disease register system

Yes

Yes

Yes

No

Yes

Yes

Yes

Home medicines review

No

No

No

Yes

No

No

No

Transport services

No

Yes

Yes

No

Yes

Yes

Yes

On-site specialist services

General physician

2 weekly

2 weekly

-

monthly

weekly

2 monthly

yearly

Cardiologist

-

-

-

-

-

6 monthly

yearly

Nephrologist

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

Ophthalmologist

-

-

-

-

-

yearly

yearly

Podiatry

-

weekly

-

-

-

6 monthly

-

Dietician

daily

-

-

monthly

daily

-

3 monthly

Dentist

daily

daily

-

-

daily

2 monthly

6 monthly

Local hospital services

Cardiology

Yes

Yes

No

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Cardiac rehabilitation

Yes

Yes

No

Yes

Yes

No

No

Nephrologist

Yes

Yes

No

No

Yes

No

Yes

Dialysis

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

No

Yes