Percentage of Overnight Discharges From the Mental Health and Addiction Service Organisation's Acute Inpatient Unit(s) That Result in Readmission Within 28 Days of Discharge
Identifying Attributes
Care Settings
Care Transitions
Country
New Zealand
Publishing Organisation
Key Performance Indicator Programme, Mental Health and Addiction
Type of Quality Indicator
Outcome
IOM Quality Dimension
Effectiveness
Domain
Hospitalisation
Defining Attributes
Definition
Percentage of all acute inpatient discharges that were readmitted, regardless of where that readmission occurred.
Numerator
Count of acute inpatient discharges where a readmission occurs within 28 days.
Denominator
Count of acute inpatient discharges.
Exclusions
Use of Risk Adjustment
No
Risk Adjustments
Stratifications
Data Attributes
Type of Data Collection
Administrative data
Data Collection Methods
Programme for the Integration of Mental Health Data (PRIMHD) DataMart is a Ministry of Health single national mental health and addiction information collection of service activity and outcomes data for health consumers. The data is collected from district health boards (DHBs) and non-governmental organisations (NGOs). It is stored in the PRIMHD datamart which is part of the Ministry's national data warehouse.
Frequency of Data Collection
Quarterly
Frequency of Data Collection in Days
91
Reporting Methods
Data dashboards on the KPI Programme website of Mental Health and Addiction.
Reporting Frequency
Quarterly
Reporting Frequency in Days
91
Indicator Has Recommended Targets
No
Source and Reference Attributes
Technical Specifications
Link to Measurement Tools
Quality Indicator Confirmed to be Part of a Program Used to Monitor Quality and Safety of Care Among Older People at a Population-Level between 2012-2022
Yes
Assessed by the Australian Consortium for Aged Care Collaborators as Generally Containing Good Properties (Importance and Scientific Acceptability)
No
Australian Consortium for Aged Care Endorsed
No
Identified by PHARMA-Care Project
No
Upload Date
12 March 2025
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Date Modified 12 March 2025