Hospital Readmission Rates for a Mental Illness or an Addiction
Identifying Attributes
Care Settings
Country
Publishing Organisation
Type of Quality Indicator
IOM Quality Dimension
Domain
Defining Attributes
Definition
Rate of psychiatric (mental health and addiction) discharges that are followed within 30 days by another mental health and addiction admission
Numerator
Number of individuals with any MH&A hospital readmissions within (≤) 30 days following the incident hospital discharge in the reporting period
Denominator
Total number of incident MH&A hospital discharges in the reporting period
Exclusions
Patients without a valid health insurance number; Patients without an Ontario residence; Gender not recorded as male or female; Age < 16 or Age > 105; Invalid date of birth, admission date/time, discharge date/time ; Individuals who die within 30 days of discharge before a follow-up or outcome occurs (i.e. a person dies before they have been readmitted or is readmitted but dies before they are discharged); Any non-MH&A hospital readmissions
Use of Risk Adjustment
Risk Adjustments
Stratifications
Collection and Reporting Attributes
Type of Data Collection
Data Collection Methods
Discharge Abstract Database (DAD), Ontario Mental Health Reporting System (OMHRS), Registered Persons Database (RPDB)
Frequency of Data Collection
Frequency of Data Collection in Days
Reporting Methods
Quality Improvement Plan (hospital)