Atlas of Avoidable Hospitalisations in Australia: ambulatory care-sensitive conditions

Avoidable hospitalisations represent a range of conditions for which hospitalisation should be able to be avoided because the disease or condition has been prevented from occurring, or because individuals have had access to timely and effective primary care. This report addresses the level and extent of regional variation in Australia in a sub-set of avoidable hospitalisations, namely those arising from ambulatory care-sensitive (ACS) conditions. ACS conditions are certain conditions for which hospitalisation is considered potentially avoidable through preventive care and early disease management, usually delivered in a primary care setting, for example by a general medical practitioner, or at a community health centre.

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Executive summary

1 Introduction (146 kB)

2 Methods (85 kB)

3 Avoidable hospitalisations: hospital admissions resulting from ambulatory care-sensitive conditions (4.2 MB)

Avoidable hospitalisations: Admissions resulting from ACS conditions, Australia, 2001/02

Avoidable hospitalisations: Diabetes complications, Australia, 2001/02

Avoidable hospitalisations: Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, Australia, 2001/02

Avoidable hospitalisations: Angina, Australia, 2001/02

Avoidable hospitalisations: Dental conditions, Australia, 2001/02

Avoidable hospitalisations: Congestive heart failure, Australia, 2001/02

Avoidable hospitalisations: Asthma, Australia, 2001/02

Avoidable hospitalisations: Dehydration and gastroenteritis, Australia, 2001/02

Avoidable hospitalisations: Ear, nose and throat infections, Australia, 2001/02

Avoidable hospitalisations: Convulsions and epilepsy, Australia, 2001/02

Avoidable hospitalisations: Cellulitis, Australia, 2001/02

Appendix (full document) (593 kB)

Appendix 1.1 ICD codes (56 kB)

Appendix 1.2 Approaches to specification of ambulatory care-sensitive conditions (71 kB)

Appendix 1.3 Geographic areas mapped (480 kB)