Potentially preventable hospitalisations (PPH) are hospital separations that potentially could have been prevented by timely and adequate health care in the community. There are 3 broad categories of PPH: acute, vaccine-preventable and chronic. This report provides information on PPH from 2017–18 to 2022–23 by remoteness areas, socioeconomic areas, Primary Health Networks (PHNs) and Statistical Area Level 3.
- Cat. no: HPF 72
Key findings
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1 in 17 hospitalisations were classified as potentially preventable in 2022–23
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People living in the most disadvantaged areas had 1.7 times the rate of PPH as people in the least disadvantaged areas
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People living in Remote and very remote areas had around twice the rate of PPH as people living in Major cities
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Potentially preventable hospitalisations decreased during the COVID-19 period