Percentage of separations for hospitals where the episode of care is a readmission to the same hospital following an episode of care in which a hip replacement was performed and the readmission interval is 60 days. . Unplanned/unexpected readmissions are those readmissions where the principal diagnosis and readmission interval indicate that the readmission may be related to the care provided by the hospital during the patient's episode of care for the management of a hip replacement.

Number of separations for hospitals where the episode of care is a readmission to the same hospital following an episode of care in which a hip replacement was performed and the readmission interval is 60 days. Unplanned/unexpected readmission refers to an unexpected admission for "further treatment of the same condition", "treatment of a condition related to one for which the patient was previously hospitalised", or "a complication of the condition for which the patient was previously hospitalised".

Total separations for management of knee replacement in a specified reference period

Separation mode = died in hospital.

None

By hospital peer group

Indicator set is intended to be used by jurisdictions and private hospital ownership groups to generate hospital-level measures

Indicators are intended to support local quality improvement activities

Australian Commission on Safety and Quality in Health Care 2017, National core, hospitalbased outcome indicator specification, ACSQHC, Sydney. www.safetyandquality.gov.au/publications-and-resources/resource-library/national-core-hospital-based-outcome-indicator-specification

www.safetyandquality.gov.au/sites/default/files/migrated/Specification-for-National-core-hospital-based-outcome-indicator-CHBOI-V3-April-2019.pdf page 48