The Australian Institute of Health and Welfare (AIHW) has released two reports tracking maternal health in Australia. The first, National core maternity indicators (NCMI), presents information on measures of clinical activities and outcomes, and is designed to monitor and evaluate Australian practice with a goal towards improvement. It divides data on 12 indicators into three topic areas – antenatal period, labour and birth, and birth outcomes.
The second AIHW report, Child and maternal health in 2014–2016, is published on the MyHealthyCommunities website and helps people assess the performance of their local health area and compare it with similar areas.
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