Emergency Alcohol-Specific Readmission to Any Hospital Within 30 Days of Discharge Following an Alcohol-Specific Admission

Identifying Attributes

Care Settings
Care Transitions
Country
United Kingdom, Channel Islands and Isle of Man
Publishing Organisation
National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE): Clinical commissioning group indicators
Type of Quality Indicator
Outcome
IOM Quality Dimension
Effectiveness
Domain
Hospitalisation

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
Yes
Risk Adjustments

Calculated as a ratio indirectly standardised by age and sex

Stratifications

Collection and Reporting Attributes

Type of Data Collection
Standardised clinical data
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
Annually
Frequency of Data Collection in Days
365
Reporting Methods

NHS Digital website - CCG Outcomes Indicator set. Last published October 2022, due to abolishment of CCGs

Reporting Frequency
Once in 3 years: April 2011 to March 2014, April 2012 to March 2015, April 2013 to March 2016, April 2014 to March 2017, April 2015 to March 2018, April 2016 to March 2019, April 2017 to March 2020, April 2018 to March 2021, April 2019 to March 2022
Reporting Frequency in Days
1096
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
No
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
Can the Quality Indicator be Readily Implemented at a Population Level in Australia Given its Current Data Landscape?
Implementation of this quality indicator was not assessed.
Identified by PHARMA-Care Project
No
Upload Date
31 March 2026