Rate of Chronic Disease Care Services

Identifying Attributes

Care Settings
Primary Care
Country
Australia
Publishing Organisation
Productivity Commission: Report on Government Services - Primary and Community Health
Type of Quality Indicator
Process
IOM Quality Dimension
Efficiency
Domain
Preventive Care

Defining Attributes

Definition

The rate of chronic disease care services (under Team Care Arrangements (TCAs) and GP Management Plans (GPMPs)).

Numerator

The number of patients who had a GP Management Plan (GPMP) prepared or a Team Care Arrangements (TCA) co-ordination service.

Denominator

This indicator is a count of the total number of cases.

Exclusions
Use of Risk Adjustment
No
Risk Adjustments
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

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
No
Identified by PHARMA-Care Project
No
Upload Date
02 December 2025