Patients Aged at Least 18 Returning to Emergency Services Within 48 Hours, Percentage of Patients of the Same Age Treated and Discharged From the Emergency Services

Identifying Attributes

Care Settings
Care Transitions
Country
Finland
Publishing Organisation
Finnish Institute for Health and Welfare
Type of Quality Indicator
Outcome
IOM Quality Dimension
Effectiveness
Domain
Hospitalisation

Defining Attributes

Definition

The percentage of patients aged 18 or older, treated and discharged in emergency care (specialised healthcare emergency care and joined emergency services for primary health care) who returned to emergency services within 48 hours, % of all patients of a similar age discharged from emergency services. All times when a person has visited the emergency room and returned within 48 hours are taken into account in the calculation.

Numerator

Patients aged 18 or older, treated and discharged in emergency care (specialised healthcare emergency care and joined emergency services for primary health care) who returned to emergency services within 48 hours.

Denominator

All patients of a similar age discharged from emergency services.

Exclusions
Use of Risk Adjustment
No
Risk Adjustments
Stratifications

Data Attributes

Type of Data Collection
Administrative data
Data Collection Methods

Specialised health care statistics based on care notifications submitted by health care units and retrieved on the basis of the unique personal identity number. Care notifications contain data on service provider and patient's municipality of residence as well as information on admission, treatment, procedures and discharge. For psychiatric patients, the data also include additional data on psychiatric specialties, including data on drug therapies, coercive measures and psychiatric evaluations. Also, a count is taken of patients in hospital wards on the last day of the year. The National Institute for Health and Welfare collects care notifications (Hilmo data) from health service providers concerning concluded periods of inpatient health care and outpatient visits. The statistics on specialised health care include data on all municipalities, joint municipal authorities, state hospitals and largest private hospitals.

Frequency of Data Collection
Frequency of Data Collection in Days
Reporting Methods
Reporting Frequency
Annually
Reporting Frequency in Days
365
Indicator Has Recommended Targets
No

Source and Reference Attributes

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
Identified by PHARMA-Care Project
No
Upload Date
12 March 2025