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Atlas of avoidable hospitalisations in Australia: ambulatory care-sensitive conditions
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Topic: Hospitals
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AIHW (Australian Institute of Health and Welfare) (2007) Atlas of avoidable hospitalisations in Australia: ambulatory care-sensitive conditions, AIHW, Australian Government, accessed 20 June 2026.
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Avoidable hospitalisations represent a range of conditions for which hospitalisation should be able to beavoided because the disease or condition has been prevented from occurring, or because individuals have had access to timely and effective primary care. This report addresses the level and extent of regional variation in Australia in a sub-set of avoidable hospitalisations, namely those arising from ambulatory care-sensitive (ACS) conditions.
- ISBN: 0 7308 9588 2
- Cat. no: HSE 49
- Pages: 76