Vax saves hospitals
December 11, 2015
Potentially preventable
hospitalisations have been
quantified in a recent report by
the National Health Performance
Authority (NHPA).
The report examines rates
of potentially preventable
hospitalisations for 22 conditions
across Primary Health Network
areas and more than 300 smaller
local areas, revealing that the
five most common preventable
conditions are chronic obstructive
pulmonary disease (COPD),
diabetes complications, heart
failure, cellulitis, and kidney and
urinary tract infections (UTIs).
It was estimated that 600,000
hospitalisations could have been
prevented nationwide.
The report found that vaccination
against pneumonia and influenza
alone would preclude the necessity
for hospitalisation for some 12,000
people over the age of two months
and a further 18,000 would have
avoided hospital if they were
vaccinated against whooping
cough, chickenpox and severe
childhood diarrhoea.
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