Potentially Preventable Hospitalisations for Selected Vaccine Preventable, Acute and Chronic Conditions
Identifying Attributes
Care Settings
Country
Publishing Organisation
Type of Quality Indicator
IOM Quality Dimension
Domain
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
Risk Adjustments
Age-standardised
Stratifications
By year, condition and jurisdiction.
Collection and Reporting Attributes
Type of Data Collection
Data Collection Methods
Australian Government Productivity Commission
Frequency of Data Collection
Frequency of Data Collection in Days
Reporting Methods
Report on Government Services (RoGS