7-Day Follow-Up With a Physician After Hospitalisation for Mental Health and Addiction (MHA)
Identifying Attributes
Care Settings
Country
Publishing Organisation
Type of Quality Indicator
IOM Quality Dimension
Domain
Defining Attributes
Definition
Proportion of MHA-related hospital discharges where the patient was seen by a primary care provider, psychiatrist and/or paediatrician within 7 days
Numerator
Consults/ visits with primary care providers, psychiatrists and/or paediatricians occurring within 7 days from discharge taking place in an office, home or long-term care setting. Patients readmitted to hospital or that died within 30 days of discharge
Denominator
Patients discharged alive from a hospital in Ontario for mental health and addictions in the reporting period
Exclusions
Patients readmitted to hospital or that died within 30 days of discharge
Use of Risk Adjustment
Risk Adjustments
Model-based risk-adjusted via logistic regression using individual-level data, controlling for age (continuous) and sex.
Stratifications
Collection and Reporting Attributes
Type of Data Collection
Data Collection Methods
Data Source Discharge Abstract Database (DAD), Ontario Health Insurance Plan (OHIP) Claims History Database, Ontario Mental Health Reporting System (OMHRS), Registered Persons Database (RPDB) Data provided to HQO by Institute for Clinical Evaluative Sciences (ICES)