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.
Average change in Functional Independence Measure (FIM) score per day.
The percentage of overnight admitted patient discharges from emergency department (ED) Accessible and Rehabilitation Beds, in facilities with an ED, that occur before midday.
The average change in Total Function Score per day of client participation in the inpatient rehabilitation program.
Number of days on which care has been provided.
The urban or rural status of the facility is based on the facility's statistical area classification.
Mean length of stay in days (inferred).
The number of days from element 21 Admission Date to element 30 Discharge Date, minus any Service Interruption Days (if applicable) for each completed admission and discharge record pair, averaged over all records.
Percentage of cardiac rehabilitation (CR) programs that have a physician medical director providing program oversight.
Inpatient rehabilitation facility (IRF) providers' resource use relative to the resource use of the national median IRF provider.
Number of rural district hospitals staffed with multidisciplinary teams according to the defined terms of reference (TORs).
Percentage of patients within length of stay >180 days (inferred).
Percentage of adults of at least 18 years of age with pharmacotherapy for opioid use disorder (OUD) who have at least 180 days of continuous treatment.
Measures inpatient and emergency department visit for ambulatory care-sensitive conditions.
This indicator measures the proportion of active physicians in rural areas.
Provincial health expenditure (GoPNG/DPs) as a proportion (%) of estimated minimum health GoPNG=Health Function Grant DPs = Development Partners funds.
Proportion of residents living in a rural area, expressed as a percentage of the total population.