GP-type emergency presentations Data dictionary

Number of GP-type emergency department presentations per 100,000 people with disability¹.

2021–22

2020–21

People with disability.^1,2

Number of GP-type emergency department presentations by people with disability during the reporting period.^3,4

Number of people with disability.

Number of GP-type emergency department presentations by people with disability during the reporting period, divided by the number of people with disability.

The proportion is expressed as a rate per 100,000 people.

100,000 x (Numerator ÷ Denominator)

1. Data for this measure came from the National Health Data Hub (NHDH). For more information, see Data source – National Health Data Hub.

2. People with disability include individuals who received disability-related government payments or services between 2020–21 to 2021–22. This does not represent all people with disability. People with disability aged 65 and over are under-represented. As a result, people with disability who did not receive these disability-related government payments or services are counted under people without disability in these data. It is an interim method agreed for use through the National Disability Data Asset co-governance arrangements until data improvement initiatives make more suitable additional data available. More information can be found here: Disability Indicators Explanatory Notes | NDDA.

3. GP-type emergency department (ED) presentations were identified based on the National Healthcare Agreement (2022) criteria for identifying GP-type ED presentations. More information can be found here: National Healthcare Agreement: PI 19–Selected potentially avoidable GP-type presentations to emergency departments, 2022.

4. The analysis excludes ED presentations and the population from Western Australia and the Northern Territory due to data availability.

5. Resources to assist with the interpretation of this measure can be found here:

• AIHW (2024) Use of emergency departments for lower urgency care, cat no. PHC 17, AIHW, Canberra.