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Table 12A.50<br />
Table 12A.50<br />
Readmissions to hospital within 28 days of discharge (a), (b), (c), (d), (e)<br />
(d)<br />
(e)<br />
Unit NSW Vic Qld WA SA Tas ACT (f) NT Aust<br />
Data for this indicator is collected by all states and territories but varies depending on whether the jurisdiction has a system of state-wide unique client identifiers<br />
in place, or equivalent data matching systems. Those jurisdictions with state-wide unique client identifiers or data matching systems have the capacity to track<br />
whether a person is readmitted to any hospital in the jurisdiction. Other jurisdictions can <strong>only</strong> monitor whether a readmission occurs back to the same hospital<br />
from which the person was discharged. Different readmission rates will be obtained depending on the method used, reducing the validity of comparison<br />
between jurisdictions.<br />
No distinction is made between planned and unplanned readmissions because data collection systems in most Australian mental health services do not include<br />
a reliable and consistent method to distinguish a planned from an unplanned admission to hospital.<br />
(f)<br />
Source :<br />
ACT readmission rates for these years include transfers between hospitals, counted as another admission instead of a continuation of the same admission<br />
when moved between hospitals. These figures have been adjusted for COAG to exclude transfers between hospitals as a re-admission during the same<br />
admission episode.<br />
AHMC (2008) Council of Australian Governments National Action Plan for Mental Health 2006-2011: Progress Report 2006-07, Report prepared under<br />
the auspice of the Mental Health Standing Committee of the Australian Health Ministers’ Advisory Council,<br />
www.coag.gov.au/reports/docs/AHMC_COAG_mental_health.doc (accessed 9 October 2008).<br />
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