Potentially Avoidable Presentations to Emergency Departments
Identifying Attributes
Care Settings
Primary Care
Country
Australia
Publishing Organisation
Productivity Commission: Report on Government Services - Primary and Community Health
Type of Quality Indicator
Outcome
IOM Quality Dimension
Effectiveness
Domain
Hospitalisations
Defining Attributes
Definition
The number of selected 'GP‑type presentations' to emergency departments, where selected GP‑type presentations are emergency presentations: allocated to triage category 4 (semi‑urgent) or 5 (non‑urgent); and not arriving by ambulance, with police or corrections; and not admitted or referred to another hospital; and who did not die.
Numerator
The number of selected 'GP-type presentations' to emergency departments.
Denominator
This indicator is a count of the total number of cases.
Exclusions
Use of Risk Adjustment
No
Risk Adjustments
None
Stratifications
By jurisdiction and year.
Collection and Reporting Attributes
Type of Data Collection
Administrative data
Data Collection Methods
Australian Government Productivity Commission
Frequency of Data Collection
Annually
Frequency of Data Collection in Days
365
Reporting Methods
Report on Government Services (RoGS
Reporting Frequency
Annually
Reporting Frequency in Days
365
Indicator Has Recommended Targets
No
Source and Reference Attributes
Technical Specifications
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)
Yes
Australian Consortium for Aged Care Endorsed
Yes
Identified by PHARMA-Care Project
No
Upload Date
02 December 2025
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Date Modified 02 December 2025