People With One or More ACC Claims for a Fall
Identifying Attributes
Care Settings
Primary Care
Country
New Zealand
Publishing Organisation
Health Quality & Safety Commission
Type of Quality Indicator
Outcome
IOM Quality Dimension
Safety
Domain
Falls and Major Injuries
Defining Attributes
Definition
People with one or more ACC claims for a fall, treated in primary care, A&M centre or in a public hospital.
Numerator
People having one or more accepted Accident Compensation Corporation claim due to a fall in a year, by district health board.
Denominator
Resident population using Stats New Zealand population projections.
Exclusions
None
Use of Risk Adjustment
No
Risk Adjustments
None
Stratifications
By age group (50-64, 65-74, 75-84, 85+), Ethnicity (Māori, Pacific, Asian and European/Other), Gender.
Collection and Reporting Attributes
Type of Data Collection
Standardised clinical data
Data Collection Methods
Accident Compensation Corporation, Stats NZ.
Frequency of Data Collection
Annually
Frequency of Data Collection in Days
365
Reporting Methods
Atlas of Healthcare Variation website
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
02 December 2025
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Date Modified 02 December 2025