Abbreviations
| Term | Meaning |
|---|---|
ABS | Australian Bureau of Statistics |
AIHW | Australian Institute of Health and Welfare |
AIHW NPESU | Australian Institute of Health and Welfare National Perinatal Epidemiology and Statistics Unit |
ASGS | Australian Statistical Geography Standard |
ACSQHC | Australian Commission on Safety and Quality in Health Care |
FGR | fetal growth restriction |
GP | general practitioner |
IRSD | Index of Relative Socioeconomic Disadvantage |
NCMI | National Core Maternity Indicator |
NICE | National Institute for Health and Care Excellence |
NMDDP | National Maternity Data Development Project |
NMDS | National Minimum Data Set |
NPDC | National Perinatal Data Collection |
OECD | Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development |
PHN | Primary Health Network |
RANZCOG | Royal Australian and New Zealand College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists |
RCS | repeat caesarean section |
RCOG | Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists |
SA2 | Statistical Area Level 2 |
SA3 | Statistical Area Level 3 |
SACC | Standard Australian Classification of Countries |
SEIFA IRSD | Socio-Economic Indexes for Areas Index of Relative Socio-economic Disadvantage |
VBAC | vaginal birth after caesarean section |
WHO | World Health Organisation |
Symbols
n.a. not available
n.p. not publishable because of small numbers, confidentiality or other concerns about the quality of the data