Home Quality Indicator Repository Percentage of Patients With an Unplanned Return Visit to the Emergency Department Resulting in Admission Within 48 Hours (or 72 Hours) of Being Seen and Discharged From the Emergency Department

Percentage of Patients With an Unplanned Return Visit to the Emergency Department Resulting in Admission Within 48 Hours (or 72 Hours) of Being Seen and Discharged From the Emergency Department

Identifying Attributes

Care Settings
Care Transitions
Country
Canada
Publishing Organisation
Development of a national consensus on ED quality of care indicators
Type of Quality Indicator
Outcome
IOM Quality Dimension
Effectiveness
Domain
Hospitalisation

Defining Attributes

Definition

Percentage of patients with an unplanned return visit to the emergency department (ED) resulting in admission within 48 hours (or 72 hours) of being seen and discharged from the ED.

Numerator

Number of patients with an unplanned return visit to the ED resulting in admission within 48 hours (or 72 hours) of being seen and discharged from the ED.

Denominator

Number of patients discharged from the ED (inferred).

Exclusions
Use of Risk Adjustment
No
Risk Adjustments
Stratifications

Adult/paediatric

Collection and Reporting Attributes

Type of Data Collection
Data Collection Methods
Frequency of Data Collection
Frequency of Data Collection in Days
Reporting Methods
Reporting Frequency
Reporting Frequency in Days
Indicator Has Recommended Targets
No

Source and Reference Attributes

Evidence Source

Schull, M. J., Guttmann, A., Leaver, C. A., Vermeulen, M., Hatcher, C. M., Rowe, B. H., et al. (2011). Prioritizing performance measurement for emergency department care: consensus on evidence-based quality of care indicators. Canadian Journal of Emergency Medicine, 13(5), 300–309.

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
No
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
Identified by PHARMA-Care Project
No
Upload Date
02 December 2025

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Date Modified 02 December 2025