Percentage of People Newly Diagnosed With Dementia Who Were Referred for Post-Diagnostic Support
Identifying Attributes
Care Settings
Country
Publishing Organisation
Type of Quality Indicator
IOM Quality Dimension
Domain
Defining Attributes
Definition
Percentage of people estimated to be newly diagnosed with dementia who were referred for post-diagnostic support.
Numerator
The number of referrals for post-diagnostic support.
Denominator
Estimated number of people newly diagnosed with dementia.
Exclusions
PDS had not yet started, or had started and was completed before 12 months due to the following reasons: service user died, service user moved to a different health board area, service user terminated early or refused and service user no longer actively able to engage in PDS.
Use of Risk Adjustment
Risk Adjustments
Stratifications
Age, deprivation (deprivation is calculated by matching postcodes to the Scottish Index of Multiple Deprivation (SIMD) quintiles).
Data Attributes
Type of Data Collection
Data Collection Methods
NHS Boards should provide quarterly data submissions to Public Health Scotland (PHS) containing information on individuals referred for post-diagnostic support in their local area via SFTP.
Frequency of Data Collection
Frequency of Data Collection in Days
Reporting Methods
Public Health Scotland (PHS) release data at the national level and also for each contributing NHS board on publichealthscotland.scot/publications/dementia-post-diagnostic-support.