5. Accessibility
Health care is considered ‘accessible’ when it is available at the right place and time, taking account of different population needs and the affordability of care. Accessibility of the health system can be measured by patient waiting times and bulk-billing rates for general practitioners (GPs).
Indicators in this framework
- Australian Health Performance Framework: PI 2.5.6–Waiting times for emergency department care: waiting times to commencement of clinical care, 2019
Health, Standard 09/04/2020 - Australian Health Performance Framework: PI 2.5.3–Waiting times for elective surgery: proportion admitted within clinically recommended time, 2019
Health, Standard 09/04/2020 - Australian Health Performance Framework: PI 2.5.4–Waiting times for elective surgery: percentage waited more than 365 days, 2019
Health, Standard 09/04/2020 - Australian Health Performance Framework: PI 2.5.8–Waiting times for emergency department care: time spent in the emergency department, 2019
Health, Standard 09/04/2020 - Australian Health Performance Framework: PI 2.5.5–Waiting times for emergency department care: proportion seen on time, 2019
Health, Standard 09/04/2020 - Australian Health Performance Framework: PI 2.5.7–Waiting times for emergency department care: percentage of patients whose length of emergency department stay is 4 hours or less, 2019
Health, Standard 09/04/2020 - Australian Health Performance Framework: PI 2.5.2–Waiting times for elective surgery: waiting times in days, 2019
Health, Standard 09/04/2020 - Australian Health Performance Framework: PI 2.5.3–Waiting times for elective surgery: proportion admitted within clinically recommended time, 2020
Health, Standard 13/10/2021 - Australian Health Performance Framework: PI 2.5.7–Waiting times for emergency department care: percentage of patients whose length of emergency department stay is 4 hours or less, 2020
Health, Standard 13/10/2021 - Australian Health Performance Framework: PI 2.5.5–Waiting times for emergency department care: proportion seen on time, 2020
Health, Standard 13/10/2021 - Australian Health Performance Framework: PI 2.5.6–Waiting times for emergency department care: waiting times to commencement of clinical care, 2020
Health, Standard 13/10/2021 - Australian Health Performance Framework: PI 2.5.8–Waiting times for emergency department care: time spent in the emergency department, 2020
Health, Standard 13/10/2021 - Australian Health Performance Framework: PI 2.5.2–Waiting times for elective surgery: waiting times in days, 2020
Health, Standard 13/10/2021 - Australian Health Performance Framework: PI 2.5.4–Waiting times for elective surgery: percentage waited more than 365 days, 2020
Health, Standard 13/10/2021 - Palliative Care and End-of-Life Care: PI 01a-Number of health practitioners in specialist palliative care workforce, 2021
Health, Qualified 21/10/2021 - Palliative Care and End-of-Life Care: PI 01b-Full-time equivalent employed specialist palliative care workforce, per 100,000 population, 2021
Health, Qualified 21/10/2021 - Palliative Care and End-of-Life Care: PI 03-Proportion of episodes in which patients commence palliative care within 2 days of being ready for care, 2021
Health, Qualified 21/10/2021