Percentage Of Readmissions To Hospital Within 28 Days Of Discharge

Identifying Attributes

Care Settings
Care Transitions
Country
Scotland
Publishing Organisation
Public Health Scotland: Quality Indicator Profile for Mental Health
Type of Quality Indicator
Outcome
IOM Quality Dimension
Effectiveness
Domain
Hospitalisation

Defining Attributes

Definition

Percentage of readmissions to hospital within 28 days of discharge. Only readmissions for General Psychiatry and Psychiatry of Old Age are considered.

Numerator

Total number of readmissions within 28 days.

Denominator

Total number of continuous inpatient stays.

Exclusions
Use of Risk Adjustment
No
Risk Adjustments
Stratifications

Data Attributes

Type of Data Collection
Administrative data
Data Collection Methods

SMR04: Hospital data for patients treated in Scotland is collected as a series of Scottish Morbidity records (SMR). The record type denotes the general type of healthcare received during an episode and/or the nature or status of the patient. An SMR04 is raised at the outset of each Inpatient Admission and of each Day Case Admission for care in the mental health specialties in a psychiatric hospital or unit, or facility treating people with learning difficulties, whereby Part 1 of the record containing admission details is completed and submitted. The termination of an Inpatient Episode or of a Day Case Episode within these facilities then raises a completion of the SMR04 record (Part 2) which is a copy of the original record with the inclusion of transfer/discharge/disposal details.

Frequency of Data Collection
Continuous
Frequency of Data Collection in Days
1
Reporting Methods

Public Health Scotland Mental Health Inpatient website. Also reported on Quality Indicator Profile for Mental Health biannually.

Reporting Frequency
Annually
Reporting Frequency in Days
365
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