Emergency Department Presentation
Identifying Attributes
Care Settings
Country
Publishing Organisation
Type of Quality Indicator
IOM Quality Dimension
Domain
Defining Attributes
Definition
Proportion of short-term and long-term residents who had an emergency department presentation within 30 days of entry/re-entry to aged care from hospital
Numerator
Number of residents admitted to an emergency department within 30 days of entry/re-entry to care
Denominator
Number of residents who re-entered after hospital discharge
Exclusions
Use of Risk Adjustment
Risk Adjustments
Age, sex, history of hospitalisations, comorbidities, length of stay
Stratifications
Short vs long-term residents
Collection and Reporting Attributes
Type of Data Collection
Data Collection Methods
Frequency of Data Collection
Frequency of Data Collection in Days
Reporting Methods
Published publicly annually at national level. Individualised home care provider specific reports with benchmarks provided privately (to providers with more than 20 recipients ) for South Australia only annually.
Reporting Frequency
Reporting Frequency in Days
Indicator Has Recommended Targets
Source and Reference Attributes
Evidence Source
Inacio , et al. The Registry of Senior Australians outcome monitoring system: Quality and safety indicators for residential aged care. Int J Qual Health Care 2020;32(8):502–10 ./doi.org/10.1093/intqhc/mzaa078
Technical Specifications
Inacio , et al. The Registry of Senior Australians outcome monitoring system: Quality and safety indicators for residential aged care. Int J Qual Health Care 2020;32(8):502–10 ./doi.org/10.1093/intqhc/mzaa078