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.
Answered by those who were not admitted/transferred to a hospital ward. Percentage of responses for each option: If you had contact with care and support services after leaving Accident & Emergency (A&E), did the health or social care staff have information about your visit?
Percentage of new patients whose biopsy results have been reviewed and communicated to the primary care/referring physician and patient.
Percentage of patients with referrals, regardless of age, for which the referring clinician receives a report from the clinician to whom the patient was referred.
Percentage of patients discharged from hospital for which discharge summaries are delivered to primary care provider within 48 hours of patient's discharge from hospital.
Percentage of patients who selected the most positive response option for the question: Did the Emergency Department staff provide you with a document that summarised the care you received (e.g. a copy of the letter to your GP, a discharge summary)? (out of Yes; No).
Percentage of positive response: As Far As You Know, Was Your General Practitioner (GP) Given All The Necessary Information About The Treatment Or Advice That You Received At Your Appointment? Y - Yes N - No Dk - Don't Know Id - I Do Not Have A Regular GP (Information).
Percentage of positive responses: If Follow Up With Your General Practitioner Was Required, Was He Or She Given All The Necessary Information About The Treatment Or Advice That You Received While In Hospital?Y - Yes N - No Ni - No Info Was Needed Fu - Follow Up Wasn't Required.
Percentage of positive responses: If Follow Up With Your General Practitioner Was Required, Was He Or She Given All The Necessary Information About The Treatment Or Advice That You Received In The Emergency Department? Y - Yes N - No Na - Not Applicable (Leaving The Emergency Department).
Percentage of patients who said that their general practitioner (GP)/nurse clinic seemed informed about the care they got from the hospital emergency department.
Percentage of patients who said their health clinic seemed informed about the plan for follow-up from the hospital.
Percentage of survey respondents who selected a specific response option to the question: Did you receive a document summarising your hospital care (e.g. a digital or physical copy of the letter to your GP or a discharge summary)?
Percentage of patients who selected the most positive response option to the question: Did the hospital staff give you a document summarising the care you received in the hospital (e.g. a copy of the letter to your GP, a discharge summary)?
Percentage of patients who selected the most positive response option to the question: After you left the hospital and went home, were the health professionals you saw in your rural community up-to-date about the care you received in the hospital? (out of Yes completely; Yes to some extent and No).
[If patient's discharge was delayed] Percentage of survey respondents who selected a specific response option to the question: Did hospital staff explain the reason for the delay?
Percentage of patients who selected the most positive response option to the question: If your discharge was delayed, did a member of staff give you a reason?
Percentage of people who answered in a positive way to 'Were you kept informed about how long you would have to wait to be admitted to hospital after you were referred?'
The percentage of MLTSS participants age 18 and older with a care plan that was transmitted to their primary care provider or other documented medical care provider identified by the participant within 30 days of its development.
Percentage of positive responses [For Patients Who Said Their Discharge Was Delayed] Did A Member Of Staff Explain The Reason For The Delay? Y - Yes N - No (Leaving Hospital).
Percentage of patients who underwent cognitive screening during hospitalisation and which was documented in the discharge letter [Geriatric Institutions].
Responses to the question: In the last 6 months, how often did your personal doctor seem informed and up to date about the care you got from specialists? Never/sometimes/usually/always/I do not have a personal doctor/I did not visit my personal doctor in the last 6 months/my personal doctor is a specialist.
Percentage of respondents reporting the most positive response for the question: In the last 6 months, how often did your personal doctor seem informed and up-to-date about the care you got from specialists? (Out of 1 Never 2 Sometimes 3 Usually 4 Always ).
Percentage of patients discharged from an eligible hospital or CAH inpatient or emergency department provided timely access to health information to view online, download, and transmit to a third party and to access using an application of their choice that is configured to meet the technical specifications of the API in the eligible hospitals or CAH's CEHRT.
Responses to the question: In the last 6 months, how often did the provider named in Question 2 seem informed and up-to-date about the care you got from specialists? Never Sometimes Usually Always.
Percentage of patients provided with a complete psychiatric hospitalisation summary within a week of discharge (adults and children).
Percentage of survey respondents who selected a specific response option to the question: Did you receive a document summarising your hospital care (e.g. a digital or physical copy of the letter to your GP or a discharge summary)? (from Emergency Department).