Number of Delayed Discharges Over 3 Days Due to Health and Social Care & Patient and Family Related Reasons
Identifying Attributes
Care Settings
Country
Publishing Organisation
Type of Quality Indicator
IOM Quality Dimension
Domain
Defining Attributes
Definition
Number of delayed discharges over 3 days due to health and social care & patient and family related reasons.
Numerator
Number of delayed discharges over 3 days due to health and social care & patient and family related reasons. Health and social care reasons are where a person remains inappropriately in hospital after treatment is complete and is awaiting appropriate arrangements to be made by the health and social care partnership for safe discharge. Patient, family and carer related reasons includes delays due to legal reasons and disagreements.
Denominator
This is a continuous variable measure. The target population is people with a delayed discharge due to health and social care & patient and family related reasons (inferred).
Exclusions
Inter-hospital transfers and people being appropriately treated in intermediate care or non-hospital facilities.
Use of Risk Adjustment
Risk Adjustments
Stratifications
Data Attributes
Type of Data Collection
Data Collection Methods
Public Health Scotland (PHS) delayed discharge monthly data submission. Collects data on The number of people delayed as at a monthly census snapshot. Information provided includes: reason for delay, location of delay and delay length. NHS Boards are required to submit one national data return containing: Details of ALL patients delayed for one or more days within the calendar month. The reporting period covers from 00:00 on the 1st calendar day of the month to 23:59 on the last calendar day of the month.
Frequency of Data Collection
Frequency of Data Collection in Days
Reporting Methods
Public Health Scotland produces Delayed discharges in NHS Scotland annually and monthly. Also reported on NHS performs website.
Reporting Frequency
Reporting Frequency in Days
Indicator Has Recommended Targets
Source and Reference Attributes
Evidence Source
Annual Report publichealthscotland.scot/publications/delayed-discharges-in-nhsscotland-annual/delayed-discharges-in-nhsscotland-annual-annual-summary-of-occupied-bed-days-and-census-figures-data-to-march-2022-planned-revision/ Monthly report publichealthscotland.scot/publications/delayed-discharges-in-nhsscotland-monthly/delayed-discharges-in-nhsscotland-monthly-figures-for-june-2023/#section-1