Percentage Of Readmissions To Hospital Within 28 Days Of Discharge
Identifying Attributes
Care Settings
Country
Publishing Organisation
Type of Quality Indicator
IOM Quality Dimension
Domain
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
Risk Adjustments
Stratifications
Data Attributes
Type of Data Collection
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
Frequency of Data Collection in Days
Reporting Methods
Public Health Scotland Mental Health Inpatient website. Also reported on Quality Indicator Profile for Mental Health biannually.
Reporting Frequency
Reporting Frequency in Days
Indicator Has Recommended Targets
Source and Reference Attributes
Evidence Source
Quality Indicator Profile for Mental Health publichealthscotland.scot/publications/mental-health-quality-indicator-profile/mental-health-quality-indicator-profile-26-april-2022/ Reported at www.opendata.nhs.scot/dataset/mental-health-inpatient-activity/resource/2b2355a8-16d4-402b-a535-11b54729b93e publichealthscotland.scot/publications/mental-health-inpatient-activity/mental-health-inpatient-activity-23-november-2021/data-explorer/