Quality Indicator Repository

Quality indicators are standardised, evidence-based measures used to monitor and evaluate the quality and safety of care. The ACAC developed a Quality Indicator Repository. For information on its development see this document.

Please navigate the Quality Indicator Repository to learn about the quality indicators we identified across care settings and their defining, data, and source attributes.  You can also use the Quality Indicator Repository to download quality indicators of interest to you.

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Rural and Remote CareSamoaSamoa Health System Strengthening Program
Rural and Remote CareUnited States of AmericaCenters for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS): Rural Emergency Hospital Quality Reporting Program

This measure calculates the percentage of abdomen studies that are performed with and without contrast out of all abdomen studies performed (those with contrast, those without contrast, and those with both).

Rural and Remote CareUnited States of AmericaCenters for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS): Pennsylvania Rural Health Model (PARHM)

Percentage of members 20 years and older who had who had an ambulatory or preventive care visit.

Rural and Remote CareUnited States of AmericaNational Quality Forum
Rural and Remote CareUnited States of AmericaMedicare Beneficiary Quality Improvement Project

Proportion of facilities that provide antibiogram to prescribers

Rural and Remote CareUnited States of AmericaMedicare Beneficiary Quality Improvement Project

Proportion of leaders in small rural hospitals responsible for antibiotic stewardship

Rural and Remote CareUnited States of AmericaMedicare Beneficiary Quality Improvement Project

Proportion of facilities policy or formal procedure for other interventions to ensure optimal use of antibiotics

Rural and Remote CareUnited States of AmericaMedicare Beneficiary Quality Improvement Project

Proportion of facilities that provide antibiotic use reports to prescribers, at least annually

Rural and Remote CareUnited States of AmericaCeronsky (2015)
Rural and Remote CareUnited States of AmericaCeronsky (2015)
Rural and Remote CareUnited States of AmericaNational Quality Forum
Rural and Remote CareUnited States of AmericaMedicare Beneficiary Quality Improvement Project

Percentage of patients surveyed who "Strongly Agree" they understood their care when they left the hospital.

Rural and Remote CareUnited States of AmericaMedicare Beneficiary Quality Improvement Project

CAUTI rate per 1000 urinary catheter days

Rural and Remote CareUnited States of AmericaMedicare Beneficiary Quality Improvement Project
Rural and Remote CareUnited States of AmericaMedicare Beneficiary Quality Improvement Project

CLABSI rate per 1000 central line days

Rural and Remote CareUnited States of AmericaNational Quality Forum
Rural and Remote CareUnited States of AmericaMedicare Beneficiary Quality Improvement Project

Percentage of patients surveyed who reported that their room and bathroom were "Always" clean.

Rural and Remote CareUnited States of AmericaMedicare Beneficiary Quality Improvement Project

Inpatient Facility CDI (Clostridioides difficile infection) healthcare facility-onset incidence rate (numerator/ denominator x 10,000)

Rural and Remote CareUnited States of AmericaMedicare Beneficiary Quality Improvement Project

Proportion of leaders in small rural hospitals committed to antibiotic stewardship

Rural and Remote CareUnited States of AmericaMedicare Beneficiary Quality Improvement Project

Percentage of patients surveyed who reported that their doctors "Always" communicated well.

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Australian Consortium for Aged Care Endorsed
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