Proportion With Specialist and Family Physician Follow-Up Visit Within 30 Days of Index Stroke/TIA Discharge
Identifying Attributes
Care Settings
Country
Publishing Organisation
Type of Quality Indicator
IOM Quality Dimension
Domain
Defining Attributes
Definition
Proportion with specialist and family physician follow-up visit within 30 days of index stroke/TIA discharge
Numerator
Number of patients with specialist and family physician follow-up visit within 30 days of index stroke/TIA discharge.
Denominator
Number of patients with discharged after hospitalisation for stroke/TIA.
Exclusions
Use of Risk Adjustment
Risk Adjustments
Stratifications
Collection and Reporting Attributes
Type of Data Collection
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
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.