Ambulance Services Workforce Sustainability
Identifying Attributes
Care Settings
Hospital Care
Country
Australia
Publishing Organisation
Productivity Commission: Health - Ambulance Services
Type of Quality Indicator
Structure
IOM Quality Dimension
Efficiency
Domain
Workforce
Defining Attributes
Definition
The capacity of the health workforce (emergency medical care, pre-hospital, out-of-hospital care, transport services) to meet current and projected demands as measured by the proportion of operational salaried workforce in 10-year age groups and attrition rate of full time equivalent salaried staff.
Numerator
Denominator
Exclusions
Use of Risk Adjustment
No
Risk Adjustments
Stratifications
By age group, jurisdiction (state/territory) and year.
Data Attributes
Type of Data Collection
Administrative data
Data Collection Methods
Council of Ambulance Authorities Australia (CAA) (unpublished) on behalf of state and territory governments
Frequency of Data Collection
Annually
Frequency of Data Collection in Days
365
Reporting Methods
Reporting Frequency
Annually
Reporting Frequency in Days
365
Indicator Has Recommended Targets
No
Source and Reference Attributes
Link to Measurement Tools
Quality Indicator Confirmed to be Part of a Program Used to Monitor Quality and Safety of Care Among Older People at a Population-Level between 2012-2022
Yes
Assessed by the Australian Consortium for Aged Care Collaborators as Generally Containing Good Properties (Importance and Scientific Acceptability)
No
Australian Consortium for Aged Care Endorsed
No
Identified by PHARMA-Care Project
No
Upload Date
23 July 2025
Actions
Date Modified 23 July 2025