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.
In the last 6 months, how often did you get an appointment to see a specialist as soon as you needed? Never/Sometimes/Usually/Always.
Proportion of people who use services who report that their home/care home is as clean and comfortable as they want.
The possibilities for daytime activities. Item 6.1 The extent to which clients or representatives experience adequate possibilities to spend the day and to participate in society.
The possibilities for daytime activities.
Percentage of positive responses for Thinking about when you left hospital, were adequate arrangements made by the hospital for any services you needed? (E.g. Transport, Meals, Mobility Aids) Yc - Yes, Completely Yt - Yes, To Some Extent N - No Id - I Didn't Need This.
Percentage of survey respondents who selected a specific response option to the question: Thinking about when you left hospital, were adequate arrangements made for any services you needed (e.g. equipment, home care, community care, follow-up appointments)?
Percentage of patients who selected the most positive response option to the question: Thinking about when you left the hospital, were adequate arrangements made by the hospital for any services you needed (e.g. equipment, home care, community care, follow-up appointments)?
Percentage of patients who selected the most positive response option for the question: Thinking about when you left the ED, were adequate arrangements made by the hospital for any services you needed? (out of Yes, completely; Yes, to some extent; No, arrangements were not adequate; These services were not offered in the area).
Did you feel that the professional carers gave you all the help and support you needed to care for your relative?
Answered by those who were not admitted/transferred to a hospital ward. Percentage of responses for each option: Did staff give you enough information to help you care for your condition at home?
Percentage of responses for each option of the question: Were you given enough notice about when you were going to leave hospital?
Did you feel supported by the professional carers immediately after the death of your relative? Was there a farewell- or staff appraisal interview that looked back on the care and treatment that was provided? Were the possibilities of after-care pointed out to you after the death of your relative?
Percentage of responses for each option of the question: After leaving hospital, did you get enough support from health or social care services to help you recover or manage your condition?
Proportion of home care clients who are distressed by a decline in social activities and are alone for long periods or all the time at follow-up. Prevalence indicator.
Percentage of patients who selected the most positive response option for the question: How would you rate how the ambulance crew and Emergency Department staff worked together? (out of Very good; Good; Neither good nor poor; Poor; Very poor).
Proportion of residents with an updated care plan.
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.
Are individual needs and habits of the residents regarding oral and dental hygiene taken into account and being carried out accordingly?
Are individual needs and habits of the residents regarding personal hygiene taken into account and being carried out accordingly?
Percentage of people who answered in a positive way to 'Were you confident that any care or support services you needed had been arranged before you left hospital?'
Percentage of people who answered Yes to 'If your condition meant you were eligible for hospital transport to take you home, were you happy with how this was arranged?'
Percentage of people who answered in a positive way to 'Overall, how would you rate the arrangements made for you leaving hospital?'
Percentage of cardiac rehabilitation (CR) patients with assessment for depression or depressive symptoms.
Did the professional carers ask how you were feeling?
Have your professional carers checked how you are feeling? Yes, regularly. Yes, once. No.