Potentially Preventable Hospitalisations for Selected Vaccine Preventable, Acute and Chronic Conditions

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

Admission to hospital for a condition where the hospitalisation could have potentially been prevented through the provision of appropriate individualised preventative health interventions and early disease management usually delivered in primary care and community-based care settings (including by general practitioners, medical specialists, dentists, nurses and allied health professionals).

Numerator

The number of potentially preventable hospitalisations, divided into three groups and total: vaccine-preventable conditions, acute conditions, chronic conditions and all potentially preventable hospitalisations.

Denominator

The total population.

Exclusions
Use of Risk Adjustment
Yes
Risk Adjustments

Age-standardised

Stratifications

By year, condition and jurisdiction.

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