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 patients with a binding personalised, rehabilitation and sector transition plan is provided at discharge
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).
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
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: Lists of all medications taken by an individual patient; Response options: (1) Yes, (2) No, (3) Not sure
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: Patient clinical summaries; Response options: (1) Yes, (2) No, (3) Not sure
Percentage of admitted patients still in ED at eight hours. Access block refers to the situation where patients are unable to gain access to appropriate hospital beds within a reasonable amount of time, no greater than 8 hours (Australasian College For Emergency Medicine Definition)
The percentage of population aged 12 and older with self-reported regular medical doctor.
The percentage of members 20 years and older (denominator) who had an ambulatory or preventive care visit during the measurement year (numerator).
Percent of people registered as having disabilities who receive rehabilitation services visits from MHMS Community Based Rehabilitation (CBR) staff per year
The acute bed days per capita rates are presented using the number of bed days for acute hospital stays per 1000 population domiciled within a District with age standardisation.
Acute inpatient and observation stay discharges among adult commercial and Medicare health plan members
Acute inpatient and observation stay discharges among adult commercial and Medicare health plan members.
Length of stay is defined from the date the patient was listed for admission by an ED physician to the date the post-acute period of care was initiated
Documents whether provider has adopted and is using health information technology. To qualify, the provider must have adopted and be using a certified/qualified electronic health record (EHR).
Documents whether provider has adopted a qualified e-Prescribing system and the extent of use in the ambulatory setting.
Percentage of members 20 years and older who had who had an ambulatory or preventive care visit.
The percentage of members 20 years and older who had an ambulatory or preventive care visit.
The indicator shows the proportion of responses to the following question: How often do you receive notifications that your patients have been: Seen for after-hours care; Response options (1) Usually (75-100% of the time); (2) Often (50-74% of the time; (3) Sometimes (25-74% of the time); (4) Rarely (1-24% of the time); (5) Never
Index calculated for all Finnish municipalities to describe the number of care days for patients in inpatient hospital care in relation to the average for the country's total population (=100).
Index calculated for all Finnish municipalities to describe the number of periods of care for patients in hospital care in relation to the average for the country's total population (=100).
The total number of clinical mental health community service hours provided to Victorians.
The indicator gives the number of all non-institutional care visits in primary health care per 1,000 inhabitants, including e-service appointments.
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