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Wednesday, June 21, 2017

Australian Atlas of Healthcare Variation 2017

This second Atlas, released in June 2017, examines four clinical themes: chronic disease and infection – potentially preventable hospitalisations, cardiovascular, women’s health and maternity, and surgical interventions. The Atlas shows rates of use of health care (hospitalisations, prescriptions, surgical procedures) in geographical local areas across Australia.

The Atlas includes the Commission’s recommendations for action across the health system to address variation where this appears to be unwarranted. The Atlas also provides information about hospitalisation rates for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Australians, about the percentage of services funded publicly and privately, and includes analysis by socioeconomic status. 

The Atlas was developed by the Australian Commission on Safety and Quality in Health Care.

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