Proportion of Patients Aged 75 and Over to Whom Case Finding Is Applied Within 72 Hours Following Emergency Admission With a Length of Stay > 72 Hours
Identifying Attributes
Care Settings
Dementia Care
Country
United Kingdom, Channel Islands and Isle of Man
Publishing Organisation
National Health Service (NHS) England: Dementia Assessment and Referral data collection
Type of Quality Indicator
Process
IOM Quality Dimension
Timeliness
Domain
Diagnosis
Defining Attributes
Definition
Proportion of patients aged 75 and over to whom case finding is applied within 72 hours following emergency admission with a length of stay > 72 hours
Numerator
Number of patients aged 75 and over admitted as an emergency, with length of stay > 72 hours, who are reported as having a known diagnosis of dementia or clinical diagnosis of delirium, or who have been asked the dementia case finding question within 72 hours of admission
Denominator
Number of patients aged 75 and over admitted as an emergency, with length of stay > 72 hours, excluding those for whom the case finding question cannot be completed for clinical reasons (eg. coma)
Exclusions
Use of Risk Adjustment
No
Risk Adjustments
Stratifications
Service
Collection and Reporting Attributes
Type of Data Collection
Standardised clinical data
Data Collection Methods
NHSD Strategic Data Collection Service (using the pre-defined dementia upload file)
Frequency of Data Collection
Monthly
Frequency of Data Collection in Days
30
Reporting Methods
Online on NHS England (discontinued)
Reporting Frequency
Monthly
Reporting Frequency in Days
30
Indicator Has Recommended Targets
Yes
Source and Reference Attributes
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
Identified by PHARMA-Care Project
No
Upload Date
02 December 2025
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Date Modified 02 December 2025