Days Alive and at Home up to 30 Days After Surgery
Identifying Attributes
Care Settings
Country
Publishing Organisation
Type of Quality Indicator
IOM Quality Dimension
Domain
Defining Attributes
Definition
Days alive and at home up to 30 days after surgery
Numerator
Calculated from the date of index surgery (Day 0) and hospital discharge date are used to calculate hospital length of stay (ignoring any days in hospital prior to the index surgery)
Denominator
Exclusions
Use of Risk Adjustment
Risk Adjustments
Stratifications
Collection and Reporting Attributes
Type of Data Collection
Data Collection Methods
Hospitalisation and mortality data in USA, national healthcare registry data from Sweden
Frequency of Data Collection
Frequency of Data Collection in Days
Reporting Methods
Reporting Frequency
Reporting Frequency in Days
Indicator Has Recommended Targets
Source and Reference Attributes
Evidence Source
Ferguson, M.T., Kusre, S. and Myles, P.S. (2022), Minimal clinically important difference in days at home up to 30 days after surgery. Anaesthesia, 77: 196-200. doi.org/10.1111/anae.15623 (USA)
Bell M, Eriksson LI, Svensson T, Hallqvist L, Granath F, Reilly J, Myles PS. Days at Home after Surgery: An Integrated and Efficient Outcome Measure for Clinical Trials and Quality Assurance. EClinicalMedicine. 2019 Apr 27;11:18-26. doi: 10.1016/j.eclinm.2019.04.011. PMID: 31317130; PMCID: PMC6610780 (Sweden)