Emergency Alcohol-Specific Readmission to Any Hospital Within 30 Days of Discharge Following an Alcohol-Specific Admission
Identifying Attributes
Care Settings
Country
Publishing Organisation
Type of Quality Indicator
IOM Quality Dimension
Domain
Defining Attributes
Definition
Indirectly age and sex standardised ratio of emergency admissions with a primary diagnosis or an external cause code of an alcohol-specific condition within 30 days of a previous discharge following an alcohol-specific admission, with 95% confidence intervals
Numerator
Of the denominator, the number of emergency readmissions to hospital where the first episode contains a primary diagnosis or an external cause code of an alcohol-specific condition, within 30 days of the previous discharge date.
Denominator
The number of Continuous In Patient (CIP) spell admissions where the first episode contains a primary diagnosis or an external cause code of an alcohol-specific condition
Exclusions
Use of Risk Adjustment
Risk Adjustments
Calculated as a ratio indirectly standardised by age and sex
Stratifications
Collection and Reporting Attributes
Type of Data Collection
Data Collection Methods
Hospital Episode Statistics (HES) Admitted Patient Care (APC). The indicator is based on Continuous Inpatient (CIP) spells, which are constructed by linking individual finished consultant episodes to other episodes where all are part of one continuous spell of care for a patient
Frequency of Data Collection
Frequency of Data Collection in Days
Reporting Methods
NHS Digital website - CCG Outcomes Indicator set. Last published October 2022, due to abolishment of CCGs
Reporting Frequency
Reporting Frequency in Days
Indicator Has Recommended Targets
Source and Reference Attributes
Evidence Source
digital.nhs.uk/data-and-information/publications/statistical/ccg-outcomes-indicator-set/october-2022 www.nice.org.uk/standards-and-indicators/nlindicators/emergency-alcohol-specific-readmission-to-any-hospital-within-30-days-of-discharge-following-an-alcohol-specific-admission Data reported at: digital.nhs.uk/data-and-information/publications/statistical/ccg-outcomes-indicator-set/october-2022/domain-3-helping-people-to-recover-from-episodes-of-ill-health-or-following-injury-ccg/3-15-emergency-alcohol-specific-readmission-to-any-hospital-within-30-days-of-discharge-following-an-alcohol-specific-admission