Adequate Arrangements Made by the Hospital Staff for Any Services You Needed

Identifying Attributes

Care Settings
Care Transitions
Country
Australia
Publishing Organisation
Victoria State Government Department of Health: Victorian Cancer Patients' Care Experiences Survey
Type of Quality Indicator
Outcome
IOM Quality Dimension
Person-Centredness
Domain
Consumer Experience

Defining Attributes

Definition

Percentage of positive responses for Thinking about when you left hospital, were adequate arrangements made by the hospital staff for any services you needed (E.g. District Nurse)? 1 Yes, Completely, 2 Yes, To Some Extent, 3 No, 4 I Did Not Need Assistance, 5 Not Sure/Cannot Remember

Numerator

Number with 'Positive' score - the single most desirable response

Denominator

Number of respondents who replied to the question

Exclusions

Neutral answers are excluded from the denominator when calculating the positive response score

Use of Risk Adjustment
No
Risk Adjustments
Stratifications

Collection and Reporting Attributes

Type of Data Collection
Surveys
Data Collection Methods

Victorian Cancer Patients' Care Experiences Survey

Frequency of Data Collection
Conducted only in 2015
Frequency of Data Collection in Days
Reporting Methods

Report

Reporting Frequency
Conducted only in 2015
Reporting Frequency in Days
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
No
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
Can the Quality Indicator be Readily Implemented at a Population Level in Australia Given its Current Data Landscape?
Implementation of this quality indicator was not assessed.
Identified by PHARMA-Care Project
No
Upload Date
31 March 2026