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 Health indicators, Hospitals and International comparisons. 

Latest findings

In 2015–2017, the PHN area with the highest average life expectancy was Northern Sydney (85.9 years) In 2015–2017, the PHN with the highest rate of potentially avoidable deaths was the Northern Territory (213 per 100,000) In 2015–2017, the PHN with the lowest rate of potentially avoidable deaths was Northern Sydney (59 per 100,000 people) The age-standardised rate of potentially avoidable deaths was 104 per 100,000 people in 2015–2017 In Australia, life expectancy at birth was 82.5 years in 2015–2017 In 2015–2017, the PHN area with the lowest average life expectancy was the Northern Territory (77.6 years) Between the period 2009–2011 and 2015–2017, the rate of potentially avoidable deaths decreased by around 10%

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Australia's health performance framework Indicators

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Highlights

94%of all Australian children aged 5 were fully immunised in 2017
18% of ‘golden staph’ bloodstream infections in 2017–18 were resistant to commonly used antimicrobials
More than 9%of all hospital bed days in 2016–17 were for potentially preventable hospitalisations
About 2.0%of hospitalisations experienced a potentially preventable complication
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431,704people at the end of 2015 were alive who had been diagnosed with cancer in the previous 5 years
72%of emergency department patients in 2017–18 were ‘seen on time’, including almost all of those requiring immediate care
Australia's Health Performance Frameworkprovides a navigation tool to support reporting on Australia’s health and health care performance