Read the full overview from The Fourth Australian Atlas of Healthcare Variation.
A summary of the key data findings for the Northern Territory, for the Fourth Australian Atlas of Healthcare Variation is available for download.
A summary of the key data findings for Western Australia, for the Fourth Australian Atlas of Healthcare Variation is available for download.
The clinical items describe variation in health service provision. It is not currently possible to conclude what proportion of the variation is unwarranted, or to comment on the relative performance of health services and clinicians in one area compared with another.
Where possible, it looks at how:
This issue includes items on COVID-19, the forthcoming Fourth Australian Atlas of Healthcare Variation, the National Safety and Quality Mental Health Standards for Community Managed Organisations – consultation paper, sepsis survival, environmental cleaning and infection prevention and control, immunisation, aged care, guidelines, falls and non-slip socks, and more.