Adequate Arrangements Made by the Hospital for Any Services Needed When Leaving the Emergency Department?
Identifying Attributes
Care Settings
Country
Publishing Organisation
Type of Quality Indicator
IOM Quality Dimension
Domain
Defining Attributes
Definition
Percentage of patients who selected the most positive response option for the question: Thinking about when you left the ED, were adequate arrangements made by the hospital for any services you needed? (out of Yes, completely; Yes, to some extent; No, arrangements were not adequate; These services were not offered in the area).
Numerator
The (weighted) number of survey respondents who selected the most positive response option:
Denominator
The (weighted) number of survey respondents who selected any of the response options to the question, minus exclusions.
Exclusions
Response: It was not necessary; Don't know/can't remember.
Use of Risk Adjustment
Risk Adjustments
Stay type (same day or overnight) and age and gender within each hospital.
Stratifications
Hospital.
Data Attributes
Type of Data Collection
Data Collection Methods
Data collected from the Rural Hospital Emergency Care Patient Survey from patients who visited an emergency department in a NSW public hospital with a peer group classification: – D1a: Community with surgery – D1b: Community without surgery – D2: Community non-acute – F3: Multi-purpose service. Monthly sample sizes are calculated at the facility level based on data extracted from the Health Information Exchange (which holds the Emergency Department Data Collection) for the previous 12 month period. Where patients had multiple visits within the sampling month, their most recent Emergency Department visit was retained for sampling. Christmas and New Year period are excluded.
Frequency of Data Collection
Frequency of Data Collection in Days
Reporting Methods
On Bureau of Health Information website - snapshot and supplementary data tables and Healthcare Observer website. Reported by NSW, LHD and hospital levels. Reporting by population groups: age group, gender, education level, language spoken at home, longstanding health condition and Aboriginality.
Reporting Frequency
Reporting Frequency in Days
Indicator Has Recommended Targets
Source and Reference Attributes
Technical Specifications
Bureau of Health Information. Technical Supplement – Rural Hosptial Emergency Care Patient Survey 2019. Sydney (NSW): BHI; 2020. www.bhi.nsw.gov.au/__data/assets/pdffile/0004/595597/BHIRuralEC2019_TECHSUPP.pdf