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Victorian Ambulatory Care Sensitive Conditions study
The Health Intelligence Unit has been responsible for initiation of the Victorian Ambulatory Care Sensitive Conditions (ACSCs) study.
ACSCs are those for which hospitalisation is thought to be avoidable with the application of Public Health interventions and early disease management, usually delivered in ambulatory setting such as primary care. High rates of hospital admissions for ACSCs may provide indirect evidence of problems with patient access to primary healthcare, inadequate skills and resources, or disconnection with specialist services.
Current & previous Ambulatory Care Sensitive Conditions reports
Current and previous ACSCs are presented through the Victorian Health Information Surveillance System (VHISS) where you can select from a range of options to produce tailored graphs and tables.
Previous Ambulatory Care Sensitive Conditions reports and fact sheets
Report identifying gaps in the delivery of primary health care services in rural and regional Victoria, and offering opportunities for targeting public health and health services interventions that can decrease access barriers, improve adequacy of primary care and reduce the call on the hospital system in Victoria. More specifically, this report identifies trends in hospitalisations, urban/rural differentials, regional variations and variations by PCPs.
Diabetes complications
Report providing a detailed analysis of specific diabetes complications, with regional and community (PCP-level) profiles for long and short-term complications to support community planning and evaluation.
Targetted interventions
Report demonstrating opportunities for targeted interventions for reducing demand on hospital services.
Preliminary analyses
Report outlining the potential for a new set of indicators describing differentials and inequalities in access to the primary healthcare system in Victoria.
