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GP-type emergency presentations

What is being tracked?

Measure: Number of GP-type emergency department presentations per 100,000 people with disability

This measure is part of the Prevention and early intervention priority of the Strategy. This priority is about improving access to health care for people with disability.

The desired outcome is that fewer people with disability need to use hospital emergency departments for support with health issues that could potentially be provided by a general practitioner (doctor).

This measure replaces the previous measure – number of people with disability with GP-type emergency department presentations.

This measure now uses whole population data from the Australian Institute of Health and Welfare's National Health Data Hub. Previously, data for this measure was from the Australian Bureau of Statistics' Survey of Disability, Ageing and Carers.

The data for this measure are currently based on individuals who received disability-related government payments or services between 2020–21 and 2021–22. This does not represent all people with disability in Australia. People with disability aged 65 and over are under-represented. It is an interim method agreed for use through the National Disability Data Asset co-governance arrangements until data improvements make more suitable additional data available. For more information, see the NDDA Disability Indicators Explanatory Notes.

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Outcome area: Health and wellbeing Priority: Prevention and early intervention

  • Baseline value

    18,261 emergency presentationsper 100,000 people with disability in 2020–21

  • Latest value

    17,608 emergency presentationsper 100,000 people with disability in 2021–22

Improving the measure is moving in the direction the Strategy wants

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Trends

Has the number of GP-type emergency department presentations per 100,000 people with disability changed over time?

The data in the graph and the table below show the number of GP-type emergency department presentations per 100,000 people with disability. Data from 2020–21 to 2021–22 are used. In 2021–22, there were 17,608 GP-type emergency department presentations per 100,000 people with disability, compared with the baseline value of 18,261 per 100,000 people with disability in 2020–21.

Source: National Health Data Hub | Data source overview

Population groups

How this measure varies by…

  • Does the number of GP-type emergency department presentations per 100,000 people with disability vary by sex?

    The data in the graph and the table below show the number of GP-type emergency department presentations per 100,000 people with disability, for males and females. In 2021–22, there were 16,926 GP-type emergency department presentations per 100,000 males with disability and 18,539 per 100,000 females with disability.

    Source: National Health Data Hub | Data source overview

  • Does the number of GP-type emergency department presentations per 100,000 people with disability vary by age?

    The data in the graph and the table below show the number of GP-type emergency department presentations per 100,000 people with disability, grouped by age. In 2021–22, there were 8,968 GP-type emergency department presentations per 100,000 people with disability aged 65 and over and 22,856 per 100,000 people with disability aged 30–44.

    Source: National Health Data Hub | Data source overview

Where did these data come from?

Data on GP-type emergency department presentations come from linked data collected by the Australian Institute of Health and Welfare.

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