Use of Health Services in Previous Month
Identifying Attributes
Care Settings
Country
Publishing Organisation
Type of Quality Indicator
IOM Quality Dimension
Domain
Defining Attributes
Definition
Percentage of responses to: In the month before visiting the ED, did you…? (multiple choice): Visit a general practitioner or local doctor; Get admitted as an inpatient to hospital; Visit an outpatient clinic; Make an earlier visit to the ED; None of these.
Numerator
Number of responses to each option (inferred).
Denominator
Number of respondents (inferred).
Exclusions
Response: Don't know/can't remember
Use of Risk Adjustment
Risk Adjustments
Responses were weighted to match the population by stay type (same day or overnight) and age group within each hospital.
Stratifications
By facility
Collection and Reporting Attributes
Type of Data Collection
Data Collection Methods
Monthly sample sizes calculated at the facility level based on data extracted from the HIE for the previous 12 month period. Where patients had multiple visits within the sampling month, their most recent ED visit was retained for sampling. Christmas and New Year period deemed to be an non-typical period of emergency care service provision and therefore excluded.
Frequency of Data Collection
Frequency of Data Collection in Days
Reporting Methods
Not reported on Bureau of Health Information website
Reporting Frequency
Reporting Frequency in Days
Indicator Has Recommended Targets
Source and Reference Attributes
Technical Specifications
Bureau of Health Information. Technical Supplement – Rural Hosptial Emergency Care Patient Survey 2019. Sydney (NSW): BHI; 2020. www.bhi.nsw.gov.au/__data/assets/pdffile/0004/595597/BHIRuralEC2019_TECHSUPP.pdf