Number of Days People Spend in Hospital When They Are Ready to Be Discharged per 1,000 Population
Identifying Attributes
Care Settings
Care Transitions
Country
Scotland
Publishing Organisation
Public Health Scotland: Quality Indicator Profile for Mental Health
Type of Quality Indicator
Process
IOM Quality Dimension
Efficiency
Domain
Hospitalisation
Defining Attributes
Definition
Number of days people spend in hospital when they are ready to be discharged per 1,000 population.
Numerator
Number of days people spend in hospital when they are ready to be discharged.
Denominator
Population in the area (inferred).
Exclusions
Use of Risk Adjustment
No
Risk Adjustments
Stratifications
Data Attributes
Type of Data Collection
Data Collection Methods
Sourced from the planned revision of the annual delayed discharge publication, not updated since October 2022.
Frequency of Data Collection
Monthly
Frequency of Data Collection in Days
30
Reporting Methods
Experimental statistics derived from data already collected by NHS Boards, reported biannually on Quality Indicator Profile for Mental Health.
Reporting Frequency
6 monthly
Reporting Frequency in Days
182
Indicator Has Recommended Targets
No
Source and Reference Attributes
Evidence Source
Quality Indicator Profile for Mental Health publichealthscotland.scot/publications/mental-health-quality-indicator-profile/mental-health-quality-indicator-profile-26-april-2022/ Reported at publichealthscotland.scot/publications/show-all-releases?id=20495
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
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Date Modified 12 March 2025