ED Presentation After Residential Aged Care Admission or Hospital Discharge Among Residential Aged Care Residents

Identifying Attributes

Care Settings
Dementia Care
Country
Australia
Publishing Organisation
Registry of Senior Australians (ROSA): Home Care Outcome Monitoring System, Registry of Senior Australians (ROSA): Residential Aged Care Outcome Monitoring System
Type of Quality Indicator
Outcome
IOM Quality Dimension
Effectiveness
Domain
Risks During Hospitalisation

Defining Attributes

Definition

Percentage of permanent aged care residents with dementia in the last 12 months that presented to an ED within 30 days of entry to PRAC or within 30 days of discharge from hospital

Numerator

Number of permanent aged care residents with dementia in the last 12 months that presented to an ED within 30 days of entry to PRAC or within 30 days of discharge from hospital

Denominator

Number of residents with dementia who re-entered PRAC following a hospitalisation

Exclusions
Use of Risk Adjustment
Yes
Risk Adjustments

Age, sex, number of hospitalisations in the previous year, comorbidity score, length of stay for the initial hospitalisation

Stratifications

Collection and Reporting Attributes

Type of Data Collection
Administrative data
Data Collection Methods
Frequency of Data Collection
Continuous
Frequency of Data Collection in Days
1
Reporting Methods
Reporting Frequency
Reporting Frequency in Days
Indicator Has Recommended Targets
No

Source and Reference Attributes

Evidence Source

Sluggett, J. K., Air, T., Cations, M., Caughey, G. E., Lang, C. E., Ward, S. A., Ahern, S., Lin, X., Wallis, K., Crotty, M., & Inacio, M. C. (2023). Clinical Quality Indicators for Monitoring Hospitalizations Among Older People with Dementia Accessing Aged Care Services. Journal of Alzheimer's disease : JAD, 96(4), 1747–1758

Technical Specifications
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