Emergency Department Presentation 30 Days After Hospitalisation
Identifying Attributes
Care Settings
Country
Publishing Organisation
Type of Quality Indicator
IOM Quality Dimension
Domain
Defining Attributes
Definition
Proportion of residents who had an emergency department presentation within 30 days of hospitalisation
Numerator
Number of aged care recipients who had an emergency department presentation within 30 days of hospitalisation (>1 day after entry to the aged care)
Denominator
Number of aged care residents readmitted into aged care following an inpatient hospitalisation
Exclusions
Hospitalisations for dialysis and other planned day procedures
Use of Risk Adjustment
Risk Adjustments
Age, sex, number of prior hospitalisations, number of health conditions
Stratifications
None
Collection and Reporting Attributes
Type of Data Collection
Data Collection Methods
Data from SA APC: South Australian Admitted Patient Care. SA NAEC: South Australian Non-Admitted Emergency Care. NSW APDC: New South Wales Admitted Patient Data Collection. NSW EDDC: New South Wales Emergency Department Data Collection. VAED: Victorian Admitted Episodes Dataset. VEMD: Victorian Emergency Minimum Dataset. QLD EDC: Queensland Emergency Department Collection. QHAPDC: Queensland Hospital Admitted Patient Data Collection
Frequency of Data Collection
Frequency of Data Collection in Days
Reporting Methods
ROSA Outcome Monitoring System (OMS). Individual residential aged care ROSA OMS reports are available to South Australian providers at the provider, facility or service level.
Reporting Frequency
Reporting Frequency in Days
Indicator Has Recommended Targets
Source and Reference Attributes
Evidence Source
Registry of Senior Australians. Outcome Monitoring System Technical Specification – Emergency Department Presentations 30 days After Hospitalisation. Version 1.0. South Australian Health and Medical Research Institute. Adelaide, Australia; April 2022, 1 page.