Rate of General Practice Accreditation
Identifying Attributes
Care Settings
Primary Care
Country
Australia
Publishing Organisation
Australian Government Department of Health and Aged Care: Primary Health Networks (PHN) Performance and Quality Framework
Type of Quality Indicator
Outcome
IOM Quality Dimension
Efficiency
Domain
Wait and System Planning / Access
Defining Attributes
Definition
Rate of accredited general practices as a percentage of all general practices in the PHN region. A general practice is a practice or health service which provides general practice services, and is eligible to be accredited under the Safety and Quality Commission's National General Practice Accreditation Scheme, including meeting the Royal Australian College of General Practitioners (RACGP) definition of a general practice. Accreditation means that the practice has current full accreditation under the Safety and Quality Commissions National General Practice Accreditation Scheme
Numerator
Number of general practices in the PHN region which are accredited
Denominator
Number of general practices in the PHN region
Exclusions
None
Use of Risk Adjustment
No
Risk Adjustments
None
Stratifications
PHN area
Data Attributes
Type of Data Collection
Administrative data
Data Collection Methods
PHN reporting
Frequency of Data Collection
Frequency of Data Collection in Days
Reporting Methods
Reporting Frequency
Monthly
Reporting Frequency in Days
30
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
23 July 2025
Actions
Date Modified 23 July 2025