ED Presentation After Residential Aged Care Admission or Hospital Discharge Among Residential Aged Care Residents
Identifying Attributes
Care Settings
Country
Publishing Organisation
Type of Quality Indicator
IOM Quality Dimension
Domain
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
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
Data Collection Methods
Frequency of Data Collection
Frequency of Data Collection in Days
Reporting Methods
Reporting Frequency
Reporting Frequency in Days
Indicator Has Recommended Targets
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