This web report is an update to the previous report and provides counts and rates of 22 selected potentially preventable hospitalisations by area and Primary Health Network, for 2020–21 and 2021–22. Potentially preventable hospitalisations are hospital separations for conditions that are potentially amenable to timely and adequate health care in the community.

Key findings

• Around 1 in 18 hospitalisations (5.7% or 660,000) were for conditions classified as potentially preventable in 2021–22.
• The average length of stay of potentially preventable hospitalisations was 3.9 days in 2021–22.
• Older Australians aged 65 years and over have a higher rate of potentially preventable hospitalisations.
• Age-standardised rates of vaccine-preventable hospitalisations increased between 2020–21 and 2021–22.