Technical notes
This technical notes outlines the specifications used to analyse the Potentially preventable hospitalisations in Australia by small geographic areas, 2017–18 to 2023–24 web report.
This iteration includes data for the periods 2017–18 through to 2023–24, and key information on this update is highlighted in the table below.
Hospital data and populations were accurate as of 18 July 2025.
| Definition | Data for this measure are defined in accordance with the National Healthcare Agreement (NHA) Performance Indicator (PI) 18-Selected potentially preventable hospitalisations, 2024 |
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| Numerator source | Data were sourced from the National Hospital Morbidity Database (NHMD). |
| Denominator source | Population counts are as of 30 June at the start of the reference period (that is, for the reporting period 2023–24, the estimated resident population as of 30 June 2023 was used) and are derived from the Australian Bureau of Statistics’ (ABS’) Regional population by age and sex, 2023 (ABS 2024). Age-standardised rates were standardised to the Australian standard population as of 30 June 2001. |
| Reporting years | 2017–18 to 2023–24 |
| Scope of data | 22 Potentially preventable hospitalisation (PPH) conditions 3 Potentially preventable hospitalisation (PPH) categories (with subtotal and total) |