The prevalence of and variation in indicators of the quality and safety of long term aged care in Australia, 2019: a cross‐sectional population‐based study
The marked national variations by residential or home aged care provider in antibiotic use, ED presentations, high sedative load, longer waiting times for home care services, home medicines reviews, and chronic disease management plans suggest these areas could benefit from targeted quality improvement strategies.
Authors
- Jyoti Khadka (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1012-2119)
- Renuka Visvanathan (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1303-9479)
- Megan Corlis (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8432-3912)
- Olivia Ryan (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4977-6742)
- Gillian E. Caughey (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1192-4121)
- Catherine Lang (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4828-5749)
- Sara Blunt
- Craig Whitehead (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5859-8314)
- Janet K. Sluggett (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9059-5209)
- Casey J. Dawkins (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2627-8137)
- Miranda Starke
- Marilyn von Thien
- Helena Williams
- Keith E. Evans
- Tesfahun C. Eshetie (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7253-988X)
- Maria C. Inacio (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8261-2665)
- Steve Wesselingh (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5605-1147)
- Anna Sheppeard
- Andrée Liddell
- Penelope Lello
Institutions
- Flinders University (AU)
- University of South Australia (AU)
- Health Net (US)
- SA Health (AU)
- South Australian Health and Medical Research Institute (AU)
- Australian Federation of University Women – South Australia (AU)
- Avenir Health (US)
- The University of Adelaide (AU)
Publication Details
- Journal
- The Medical Journal of Australia
- Published
- 2025-06-24
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.5694/mja2.52709
- Citations
- 3
- Primary Topic
- Geriatric Care and Nursing Homes
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 8.45
Funders
- National Cancer Research Institute
- Hospital Research Foundation
- South Australian Health and Medical Research Institute
- Queensland Health
- Flinders University
- Department of Health, State Government of Victoria
- NSW Ministry of Health
- Department for Innovation and Skills, Government of South Australia
- National Health and Medical Research Council