Number of potentially avoidable GP-type presentations to emergency departments.
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Definition
Attendances at public hospital emergency departments that could have potentially been avoided through the provision of appropriate non-hospital services in the community.
Indicator Summary
Limited to public hospitals in Peer Groups A and B.
Potentially avoidable GP-type presentations are defined as presentations to public hospital emergency departments with a type of visit of emergency presentation (or not reported) that:
• were allocated a Triage category of 4 or 5 AND
• did not arrive by ambulance or police or correctional vehicle AND
• were …
Calculation rules
- Description
Limited to public hospitals in Peer Groups A and B.
Potentially avoidable GP-type presentations are defined as presentations to public hospital emergency departments with a type of visit of emergency presentation (or not reported) that:
• were allocated a Triage category of 4 or 5 AND
• did not arrive by ambulance or police or correctional vehicle AND
• were not admitted to the hospital, referred to another hospital, AND
• and did not die
Number of potentially avoidable GP-type presentations to emergency departments.
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