Re-Attendances as Percentage of Total Emergency Care Data Set Attendances
Identifying Attributes
Care Settings
Country
Publishing Organisation
Type of Quality Indicator
IOM Quality Dimension
Domain
Defining Attributes
Definition
Percentage of re-attendances within 7 days of an Accident and Emergency attendance, as recorded in Emergency Care Data Set.
Numerator
Number of re-attendances in Emergency Care Data Set where second arrival date is less than 7 days after first arrival date.
Denominator
Total number of attendances in Emergency Care Data Set.
Exclusions
Planned follow-up attendances and non-applicable attendances/dead on arrival.
Use of Risk Adjustment
Risk Adjustments
Stratifications
Data Attributes
Type of Data Collection
Data Collection Methods
Providers submit national patient level Accident and Emergency activity to through the Emergency Care Data Set (ECDS).
Frequency of Data Collection
Frequency of Data Collection in Days
Reporting Methods
NHS England publication (website): Provisional A&E Hospital Episode Statistics data on the Accident & Emergency Clinical Quality Indicators for England and interactive tool A&E QI dashboard.
Reporting Frequency
Reporting Frequency in Days
Indicator Has Recommended Targets
Source and Reference Attributes
Evidence Source
Provisional Accident and Emergency Quality Indicators for England digital.nhs.uk/data-and-information/publications/statistical/provisional-accident-and-emergency-quality-indicators-for-england