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.
Proportion of leaders in small rural hospitals responsible for antibiotic stewardship.
Are workers regularly trained regarding First Aid and emergency measures?
Presence and availability of workers in the organisation.
The presence and availability of workers in the organisation. Item 9.1 The extent to which clients or representatives experience sufficient availability of staff (and continuity).
Evidence of local processes to ensure that older people using home care services receive care from a consistent team of home care workers who are familiar with their needs.
Do written procedural instructions regarding First Aid and emergency measures exist?
The percentage of Cardiac Rehabilitation (CR) programs with a documented emergency response strategy and appropriately-qualified staff.
Enough living space and respect for privacy.
Proportion of patients for whom a multi-professional team has been involved.
The level of consistency of care. Item 10.1 The extent to which clients or representatives experience adequate coherence in care.
Is nursing care usually being carried out by the same nurse?
Evidence of local processes to ensure that older people using home care services have visits of at least 30 minutes except when short visits for specific tasks or checks have been agreed as part of a wider package of support.
The urban or rural status of the facility is based on the facility's statistical area classification.
Percentage of cardiac rehabilitation (CR) programs that have a physician medical director providing program oversight.
Evidence of local processes to ensure that older people using home care services have a home care plan that identifies how their home care provider will respond to missed or late visits.
Number of places in, respectively, nursing homes and care homes.
Number of rural district hospitals staffed with multidisciplinary teams according to the defined terms of reference (TORs).
Percentage of employed service managers, nurse practitioners, registered nurses, enrolled nurses, personal care staff or assistants in nursing who stopped working during the quarter.
Evidence of local processes to ensure that home care plans for older people identify how their personal priorities and outcomes will be met.
Average number of home services personnel helping in 14 days.
This indicator measures the proportion of active physicians in rural areas.