This report summarises data for Australia provided to the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development's (OECD) 2022–23 Health Care Quality and Outcomes data collection. It compares these data with Australia's performance for previous years and with data reported by other OECD countries. For this collection, Australia submitted data for most of the indicators and performed above the OECD average on 13 of the 36 indicators.
- Cat. no: PHE 337
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Australia had the highest rate of primary care consultations skipped due to costs (14.4 per 100 patients)
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Australia recorded the highest percentage of diabetic patients prescribed cholesterol-lowering medication
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Australia had the lowest rate of long-term benzodiazepine users (1.9 per 1,000 patients aged 65 and over)
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Australia had the highest total volume of antibiotics prescribed for systemic use (27.6DDD per 1,000 population/day)