Health indicators
Health indicators are summary measures that are designed to describe particular aspects of health or health system performance. Health indicators are generally developed in the context of a conceptual framework, such as the National Health Performance Framework.
Frameworks
The National Health Performance Framework (NHPF) was first developed in 2001 and revised in 2009. The main purpose of the NHPF is to provide a structure for reporting on the performance of the Australian health system at the national level. The framework can also be used as a guiding structure when developing sets of performance indicators for more discrete components of the health system, such as a particular program, or a specific target group.