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.
This is a composite measure about access to care.
Percentage of people told by a specialist if they had cancer, or if cancer was definitively excluded, within four weeks (28-days) of an urgent referral.
Patients without a completed 30-day follow up form, grouped by days since discharge.
Percentage of Heart Failure patients who participated in an outpatient cardiac rehabilitation or disease management program within 30 days of discharge.
Percentage of Heart Failure patients who are referred to an outpatient cardiac rehabilitation or disease management program within 30 days of discharge.
Percentage of home care patients who received their first nursing visit within 5 days of the patient available date (Retired).
This indicator measures the percentage of complex home care patients who received their first personal support service visit within five days of the patient available date (PAD). (Retired)
Proportion of eligible referrals that started treatment within 62 days of receipt of an urgent referral with suspicion of cancer
Percentage that meet the Standard: Maximum two months (62 days) from from receipt of an urgent referral for urgent suspected cancer or breast symptomatic referral, or urgent screening referral or consultant upgrade to First Definitive Treatment of cancer
Percentage of non-same day separations from inpatient units where the consumer was discharged to a private residence or accommodation, for which an ambulatory service contact was recorded in the 7 days post separation.
Proportion of MHA-related hospital discharges where the patient was seen by a primary care provider, psychiatrist and/or paediatrician within 7 days
Percentage of those hospital discharges (any condition) where timely (within 48 hours) notification was received, for which follow-up was done (by any mode, any clinician) within 7 days of discharge.
Percentage of patients who have had a 7-day post-hospital discharge follow-up by a primary care provider (physician or nurse practitioner) for the following conditions: pneumonia, diabetes, stroke, gastrointestinal disease, congestive heart failure, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, and cardiac conditions.
Percentage of patients or clients who see their primary care provider within 7 days after discharge from hospital for selected conditions. The percent of enrolled patients with an acute inpatient hospital stay for: Acute Myocardial Infarction (AMI) Cardiac Conditions Congestive heart failure (CHF) Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) Pneumonia Diabetes Stroke Gastrointestinal Disease
Number of days that 90% of patients waited for their initial specialist outpatient appointment. After receiving a valid referral from a GP, clinicians will give the patient a clinical urgency category depending on the urgency of their condition and place them on the outpatient waiting list. There are three urgency categories, where 1 is most urgent and 3 is least urgent.
Percentage of patients with a binding personalised, rehabilitation and sector transition plan is provided at discharge
A case manager is involved.
Percentage of people provided with an individualised structured written plan for ongoing exercise when completing pulmonary rehabilitation.
Percentage of enrolled patients with diabetes who have had the A1c test in the past 6 months.
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).
If you ask to make an appointment with a doctor 3 or more working days in advance, does your General Practice allow you to? The response options to Question 4 are: (1) Yes, (2) No, (3) Don't know.
Proportion of patients whose ability to perform personal and instrumental activities of daily living was assessed as part of the diagnostic work-up
The indicator shows the proportion of responses to the following question: Can you electronically exchange the following with any doctors outside your practice? Do not include fax or regular email: Laboratory and diagnostic tests; Response options: (1) Yes, (2) No, (3) Not sure