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

All jurisdictions achieved the performance milestone for the 2018–19 reporting period Three jurisdictions met all 5 of the benchmarks assessed in the 2018–19 reporting period All jurisdictions recorded an increase in the proportion of children fully immunised at 5 years in 2018–19 All jurisdictions recorded an increase in HPV vaccination coverage for both boys and girls in 2018 Just under half of all lower urgency ED presentations were after-hours (47%) The proportion of Indigenous children fully immunised at 1, 2 and 5 years increased in all jurisdictions in 2018–19 Five jurisdictions did not meet the wastage and leakage benchmark for the 2018–19 reporting period 45% of all lower urgency ED presentations were for people aged under 25 People in regional PHN areas continue to receive lower urgency ED care more than people in metropolitan PHN areas 1 in 3 ED presentations (35%, or 2.9 million) were classified as lower urgency in 2018−19, down from 38% in 2015–16

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Australia's health performance

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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
Search and compare performance information for more than 1,000 Australian public and private hospitals
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
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