Family Doctor Visit After a Hospital Stay for Selected Chronic Conditions
Identifying Attributes
Care Settings
Country
Publishing Organisation
Type of Quality Indicator
IOM Quality Dimension
Domain
Defining Attributes
Definition
Percentage of patients who saw any general practitioner within 7 or 30 days of hospital discharge following hospitalisation due to high blood pressure, diabetes, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, asthma, heart failure, ischaemic health disease, or chronic renal failure.
Numerator
The total number of patients who saw a family doctor within the specified follow-up period (7 or 30 days).
Denominator
The total number of patients who were discharged from a hospital in Alberta for visits due to pre-selected conditions.
Exclusions
Patients without valid Alberta Health Care Insurance Plan coverage, Deaths, transfers to same/other facility, Patients re-admitted to hospital (all-causes) during the follow-up period.
Use of Risk Adjustment
Risk Adjustments
None
Stratifications
Follow-up period (7 or 30 days).
Data Attributes
Type of Data Collection
Data Collection Methods
Discharge Abstract Database (DAD), Alberta Health Physician Claims. Alberta Health Care Insurance Plan (AHCIP) Registry.
Frequency of Data Collection
Frequency of Data Collection in Days
Reporting Methods
FOCUS on Healthcare on the Health Quality Council of Alberta website.