Unplanned Re-Attendances to the Emergency Department Within 48 Hours of Previous Attendances
Identifying Attributes
Care Settings
Country
Publishing Organisation
Type of Quality Indicator
IOM Quality Dimension
Domain
Defining Attributes
Definition
The number and percentage of presentations to public hospital emergency departments that are followed by unplanned re-attendances to the same emergency department within 48 hours.
Numerator
The number of in-scope emergency department presentations that are followed by an unplanned re-attendance to the same emergency department within ≤ 48 hours (i.e. ≤ 2,880 minutes).
Denominator
The number of in-scope emergency department presentations.
Exclusions
Presentations that are return visits, planned, pre-arranged admissions or patient in transit.
Use of Risk Adjustment
Risk Adjustments
Stratifications
Data Attributes
Type of Data Collection
Data Collection Methods
National Emergency Access Target data. Data supplied by states and territories under the National Partnership Agreement on Improving Public Hospital Services for the purposes of calculating performance indicators. Data are consistent with data definitions in the Non-admitted patient emergency department care NMDS 2012–13.
Frequency of Data Collection
Frequency of Data Collection in Days
Reporting Methods
Reporting requirement for National Partnership Agreement on Improving Public Hospital Services.