Overview

Monitoring the performance of our health system helps to ensure that services delivered in Australia are effective, efficient, appropriate and are achieving good outcomes for patients and the wider community. Reporting of safety and quality aspects also ensure that health care is being delivered in line with current professional knowledge and standards. Together, this kind of information can help policy makers and consumers make informed choices about available services. 

More reports and statistics on health care quality & performance can be found under AHPF Health indicators, MyHospitals and International comparisons. 

Latest findings

Australia was among 22 OECD countries in which 100% of the population was covered by public or private health insurance Australia’s life expectancy at birth was 82.8 years—above the OECD average of 80.7 & 7th highest among OECD countries In 2017, the rate of FTE dental practitioners per 100,000 in Major cities was nearly triple that in Very remote areas Around three times as many children aged 10–14 years experienced toothache in 2017–18 than in 2013 The proportion of adults with untreated tooth decay increased between 2004–06 and 2017–18 Consumption of alcohol was higher in Australia (9.5 litres per person aged 15+) than the OECD average (8.8) In 2017–18, around 1 in 8 teenagers aged 14–17 consumed selected sugar sweetened beverages on a daily basis 9 in 10 Australians can access fluoridated drinking water Australia had the second highest rate of obese men across OECD countries (32%), behind the United States (38%) The number of private dental practices accredited to the NSQHS standards nearly tripled between 2016 and 2018 Australians waited a median 61 days from specialist assessment to treatment by hysterectomy—above OECD average (52 days) Fewer adults aged 15 years and over received an oral health check-up in 2017–18 than in 2013

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Australia's health performance

The latest on Australia's health and health system performance

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Highlights

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18% of ‘golden staph’ bloodstream infections in 2017–18 were resistant to commonly used antimicrobials
About 2.0%of hospitalisations experienced a potentially preventable complication
94%of all Australian children aged 5 were fully immunised in 2017
More than 9%of all hospital bed days in 2016–17 were for potentially preventable hospitalisations