Quality Indicator Repository
Quality indicators are standardised, evidence-based measures used to monitor and evaluate the quality and safety of care. The ACAC developed a Quality Indicator Repository. For information on its development see this document.
Please navigate the Quality Indicator Repository to learn about the quality indicators we identified across care settings and their defining, data, and source attributes. You can also use the Quality Indicator Repository to download quality indicators of interest to you.
≥70% of patients reporting yes they have been supported to get back to their important life roles post-program, in program completers
≥70% of patients reporting yes they know how to follow a heart-healthy diet post-program, in program completers
≥70% of patients reporting yes they know their cholesterol level and how to control it post-program, in program completers
≥70% of patients reporting yes they know what heart pills they should be taking post-program, in program completers that have coverage for medication
1-year mortality rates following hip surgery for people with dementia
Define a success as: (a) the patient being discharged to the community from the Skilled Nursing Facility (in this case a CLC) within 100 calendar days of the index hospital discharge, and (b) remain in the community (i.e. alive, and outside of institutional care such as hospital or nursing facility) for at least 30 days following the CLC discharge
This is a composite measure about access to care.
Percentage of separations from an inpatient unit where the consumer was readmitted (planned or unplanned) to any inpatient unit within 28 days of separation.
Percentage of people told by a specialist if they had cancer, or if cancer was definitively excluded, within four weeks (28-days) of an urgent referral.
Average daily quantity per item for Nitrofurantoin 50 mg tablets and capsules, Nitrofurantoin 100 mg m/r capsules, Pivmecillinam 200 mg tablets and Trimethoprim 200 mg tablets prescribed for uncomplicated urinary tract infection.
Hospital level measure of performance that reports the average patient reported quality of preparation for self-care response among adult patients discharged from general acute care hospitals within the past 30 days.
Hospital level measure of performance that reports the average patient reported quality of preparation for self-care response among adult patients discharged from general acute care hospitals within the past 30 days.
3-Item Care Transition Measure (CTM-3)
30 day all cause emergency department visits
Percent of heart failure patients (unadjusted) with one or more re-hospitalisations in the first 30 days post discharge.
This indicator calculates the risk-adjusted rate of all-cause in-hospital deaths occurring within 30 days of first admission with a diagnosis of acute myocardial infarction (AMI).
This indicator provides the risk-adjusted rate of urgent readmission following discharge for acute myocardial infarction (AMI).
Risk-adjusted rate of urgent readmission following discharge for acute myocardial infarction
The rate (per 100 patient discharges) of unplanned returns to a hospital within 30 days of discharge. It includes medical patients who were hospitalised for non-surgical treatment, and patients who had surgery while in hospital. Alternate Name: Hospital Readmission Rate Within 30 Days Of Leaving Hospital For Medical Or Surgical Treatment
30-day all-cause hospital readmissions
Risk-adjusted rate of all-cause urgent readmission occurring within 30 days following discharge for an episode of care with an isolated coronary artery bypass graft surgery.
The risk-adjusted rate of all-cause urgent readmission occurring within 30 days following discharge for an episode of care with an isolated coronary artery bypass graft (CABG) surgery.
Risk-adjusted rate of all-cause urgent readmission occurring within 30 days following discharge for an episode of care with a percutaneous coronary intervention