Proportion Patients With Follow-Up Visit to Family Physician Within 30 Days of Index Stroke/TIA Discharge
Identifying Attributes
Care Settings
Care Transitions
Country
Canada
Publishing Organisation
Ontario Stroke Registry (now CorHealth Ontario)
Type of Quality Indicator
Process
IOM Quality Dimension
Timeliness
Domain
Follow-Up
Defining Attributes
Definition
Proportion patients with follow-up visit to family physician within 30 days of index stroke/TIA discharge
Numerator
Number of patients with follow-up visit to family physician within 30 days of index stroke/TIA discharge.
Denominator
Number of patients with discharged after hospitalisation for stroke/TIA.
Exclusions
Use of Risk Adjustment
No
Risk Adjustments
Stratifications
Collection and Reporting Attributes
Type of Data Collection
Standardised clinical data
Data Collection Methods
Ontario Stroke Registry
Frequency of Data Collection
Frequency of Data Collection in Days
Reporting Methods
Ontario Stroke Registry (OSR) (formerly known as the Registry of the Canadian Stroke Network, or RCSN) performs a population-based biennial audit of the patients seen at all acute care institutions in Ontario.
Reporting Frequency
Reporting Frequency in Days
Indicator Has Recommended Targets
No
Source and Reference Attributes
Evidence Source
Hall RE, Sondergaard D, Wodchis WP, Fang J, Mondal P, Bayley MT. Trajectories of Stroke Care in Ontario: Which Path to Best Care? Can J Neurol Sci. 2017 May;44(3):261-266. doi: 10.1017/cjn.2016.440. Epub 2017 Feb 3. PMID: 28153061.
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
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Date Modified 08 April 2026