Person

Tesfahun Eshetie

Affiliation:

South Australian Health and Medical Research Institute

Flinders University

University of South Australia

ORCID:

0000-0001-7253-988X

Journal article

The prevalence of and variation in indicators of the quality and safety of long term aged care in Australia, 2019

4 Aug 2025

Tesfahun Eshetie,

Gillian Caughey,

Catherine Lang

Olivia Ryan, Renuka Visvanathan, Craig Whitehead, Keith Evans, Janet Sluggett, Jyoti Khadka, Carolyn Dawkins, Helena Williams, Miranda Starke, Sara Blunt, Anne Liddell, Megan Corlis, Anna Sheppeard, Penelope Lello, Marilyn Thien, Steven Wesselingh, Maria Inacio

Medical Journal of Australia (MJA)

The study examined the prevalence of and variation in the quality and safety of care provided to older Australians who received subsidised long term care during 2019, by type of care. It found marked national variations. The findings could be used to identify areas of aged care that could be targeted by quality improvement programs.