Direct Standardised Rate of Emergency Admissions (Aged 65 Years and Over)
Identifying Attributes
Care Settings
Country
Publishing Organisation
Type of Quality Indicator
IOM Quality Dimension
Domain
Defining Attributes
Definition
Directly age standardised rate of emergency inpatient hospital admissions for people with a mention of dementia or Alzheimer's in any of the diagnosis code positions (aged 65+) per 100,000 population.
Numerator
The number of finished emergency admissions, with an emergency admission method, ordinary admissions and with any mention of dementia or Alzheimer's in any diagnostic field position, in people aged 65+.
Denominator
Local authority analysis use resident population (90+) for ages 65 years+.
Exclusions
Use of Risk Adjustment
Risk Adjustments
None
Stratifications
Local authority.
Data Attributes
Type of Data Collection
Data Collection Methods
Data is from NHS Digital, with numerator from Hospital Episode Statistics – NHS Digital (routine data submissions by providers to NHS Digital for the purposes of payment for and commissioning of healthcare in England, and denominator from Resident population: Official National Statistics (ONS) Mid-year population estimates.