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.
Percentage of separations from an inpatient unit where the consumer was re-admitted (planned or unplanned) to any inpatient unit within 28 days of separation.
Risk-adjusted rate of urgent readmission following discharge for acute myocardial infarction.
The rate (per 100 patient discharges) of unplanned returns to a hospital within 30 days of discharge. It includes medical patients who were hospitalised for non-surgical treatment, and patients who had surgery while in hospital. Alternate Name: Hospital Readmission Rate Within 30 Days Of Leaving Hospital For Medical Or Surgical Treatment.
Risk-adjusted rate of all-cause urgent readmission occurring within 30 days following discharge for an episode of care with an isolated coronary artery bypass graft surgery.
Risk-adjusted rate of all-cause urgent readmission occurring within 30 days following discharge for an episode of care with a percutaneous coronary intervention.
Unplanned, 30-day, risk-standardised readmission rate for patients discharged from an inpatient psychiatric facility with a principal discharge diagnosis of a psychiatric disorder or dementia/Alzheimer's disease.
Risk-adjusted rate of readmission following discharge for mental health and substance use disorders.
Rate of un-planned hospital readmissions within 30 days of discharge after hospitalisation for any of the following conditions: pneumonia, diabetes, stroke, gastrointestinal disease, congestive heart failure, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, heart attack and other cardiac conditions. Alternate Name: Hospital Readmission Rate Within 30 Days Of Leaving Hospital For Selected Conditions.
30-day readmissions.
The rate at which adult cancer patients have an unplanned readmission within 30 days of discharge from an acute care hospital.
Percentage of home health stays in which patients were admitted to an acute care hospital during the 60 days following the start of the home health stay.
Percentage of home health stays in which patients were admitted to an acute care hospital during the 60 days following the start of the home health stay.
Percentage of home health stays in which patients were admitted to an acute care hospital during the 60 days following the start of the home health stay.
Standardised readmission ratio of the observed number of readmission stays to the predicted number of readmission stays of a District Health Board.
Percentage of inpatient days where a physician (or designated other) has indicated that a patient occupying an acute care hospital bed has finished the acute care phase of his/her treatment.
Proportion of inpatient days in acute and post-acute care settings that are spent as ALC in a specific time period.
Percentage of home health quality episodes in which patients' mobility and self-care functional status was documented and at least one discharge goal was recorded.
The number of bed days per exit according to diagnosis.
The number of hospital admissions taking place within 30 days of the last.
Percentage of inpatient separations meeting the avoidable hospital readmissions criteria.
Total number of days patients spend delayed in hospital following their ready for discharge date.
Percentage of all live discharges from hospice that were followed by hospitalisation within two days, and followed by hospice readmission within two days of hospital discharge. Part of the Hospice Care Index (HCI) Indicator where 1 point is earned if the hospice's individual hospice score for Type 1 burdensome transitions falls below the 90th percentile ranking among hospices nationally.
Percentage of all live discharges from hospice that were followed by hospitalisation within two days, and where the patient also died during the inpatient hospitalisation stay. Part of the Hospice Care Index (HCI) Indicator where 1 point is earned if the hospice's individual hospice score for Type 2 burdensome transitions falls below the 90th percentile ranking among hospices nationally.
Percentage of patients who selected the most positive response option for the question: Was your departure from the Emergency Department delayed – that is, before leaving the Emergency Department to go to a ward, another hospital, home, or elsewhere? (out of Yes; No).
Percentage of people who answered Yes to 'On the day you left hospital were you delayed for any reason?'