Percentage of All Discharged Psychiatric Inpatients Followed-Up by Community Mental Health Services Within 7 Calendar Days
Identifying Attributes
Care Settings
Care Transitions
Country
Scotland
Publishing Organisation
Public Health Scotland: Quality Indicator Profile for Mental Health
Type of Quality Indicator
Process
IOM Quality Dimension
Timeliness
Domain
Follow-Up
Defining Attributes
Definition
Percentage of all discharged psychiatric inpatients followed-up by community mental health services within 7 calendar days.
Numerator
Number of all discharged psychiatric inpatients followed-up by community mental health services within 7 calendar days.
Denominator
Number of discharged psychiatric inpatients.
Exclusions
Use of Risk Adjustment
No
Risk Adjustments
Stratifications
Collection and Reporting Attributes
Type of Data Collection
Administrative data
Data Collection Methods
Returns from NHS boards
Frequency of Data Collection
Quarterly
Frequency of Data Collection in Days
91
Reporting Methods
Experimental statistics derived from data already collected by NHS Boards, reported biannually on Quality Indicator Profile for Mental Health
Reporting Frequency
6 monthly
Reporting Frequency in Days
182
Indicator Has Recommended Targets
No
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 publichealthscotland.scot/publications/show-all-releases?id=20495
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
Yes
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