Table 2.
Health center and client characteristics by jurisdiction (N and % of total).
| QLD | SA/WA | NT | Total | ||
| Health center level | No. of health centers audited | 45 | 8 | 48 | 101 |
| Location | Urban | 3 (7) | 4 (50) | 1 (2) | 8 (8) |
| Regional | 5 (11) | 3 (38) | 2 (4) | 10 (10) | |
| Remote | 37 (82) | 1 (13) | 45 (94) | 83 (82) | |
| Population size | <500 | 23 (51) | 2 (25) | 26 (54) | 51 (50) |
| 500–1,000 | 10 (22) | 3 (38) | 8 (17) | 21 (21) | |
| >1,000 | 12 (27) | 3 (38) | 14 (29) | 29 (29) | |
| Governance | Community-controlled | 1 (2) | 4 (50) | 11 (23) | 16 (16) |
| Government | 44 (98) | 4 (50) | 37 (77) | 85 (84) | |
| CQI experience | Baseline audit | 5 (11) | 3 (38) | 10 (21) | 18 (18) |
| 1–2 follow-up audits | 18 (40) | 4 (50) | 13 (27) | 35 (35) | |
| ≥3 follow-up audits | 22 (49) | 1 (13) | 25 (52) | 48 (48) | |
| Client level | No. of client records audited | 1,561 | 342 | 1,720 | 3,623 |
| Gender of client | Male | 772 (49) | 186 (54) | 858 (50) | 1,816 (50) |
| Female | 789 (51) | 156 (46) | 862 (50) | 1,807 (50) | |
| Age group | 15–24 years | 625 (40) | 129 (38) | 666 (39) | 1,420 (39) |
| 25–34 years | 382 (24) | 92 (27) | 553 (32) | 1,027 (28) | |
| 35–44 years | 324 (21) | 62 (18) | 294 (17) | 680 (19) | |
| 45–54 years | 230 (15) | 59 (17) | 207 (12) | 496 (14) | |
| Indigenous status | Indigenous | 1,265 (81) | 316 (92) | 1,666 (97) | 3,247 (90) |
| Non-Indigenous | 166 (11) | 26 (8) | 46 (3) | 238 (7) | |
| Not recorded | 130 (8) | 0 (0) | 8 (0) | 138 (4) | |
| Time since last attendance | <6 months | 1,067 (68) | 191 (56) | 1,413 (82) | 2,671 (74) |
| ≥6 months | 494 (32) | 151 (44) | 307 (18) | 952 (26) | |