Australian atlas of healthcare variation

An online Interactive Australian Atlas of Healthcare Variation has been developed by the Australian Commission on Safety and Quality in Health Care, which covers the areas of:

• Antimicrobial dispensing 
• Diagnostic interventions 
• Surgical interventions 
• Interventions for mental health and psychotropic medicines 
• Opioid medicines 
• Interventions for chronic diseases. 

The interactive atlas provides an easy interface to all the content in the Australian Atlas of Healthcare Variation, including the availability of data in easy-to-download formats. Users are able to look at maps of Primary Health and Local  Hospital networks and compare their areas with state, national and sometimes international rates.