Unplanned/Urgent Inpatient Admissions During the Last 30 Days of Life (per 100 Deaths)

Identifying Attributes

Care Settings
Dementia Care
Country
Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development
Publishing Organisation
Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD): OECD Health Database
Type of Quality Indicator
Outcome
IOM Quality Dimension
Effectiveness
Domain
Risks During Hospitalisation

Defining Attributes

Definition

EC5) Unplanned/urgent inpatient admissions during the last 30 days of life, Alzheimer's and other dementias' deaths

Numerator

Raw number of patients with more than 1 urgent/unplanned inpatient admissions during the last 30 days of life for patients who died due to Alzheimer's and other dementias (F00-F03, G30, R54), in the reference year, by age group and sex

Denominator

Raw number of deaths due to Alzheimer's and other dementias (F00-F03, G30, R54)

Exclusions
Use of Risk Adjustment
No
Risk Adjustments

None

Stratifications

Age group and sex

Collection and Reporting Attributes

Type of Data Collection
Administrative data
Data Collection Methods

Data provided by individual countries

Frequency of Data Collection
Continuous
Frequency of Data Collection in Days
1
Reporting Methods

Reported on stats.oecd.org/Index.aspx?DataSetCode=HEALTH_HCQI#, data is reporeted as Rate per 100 deaths (%)

Reporting Frequency
Annually
Reporting Frequency in Days
365
Indicator Has Recommended Targets
No

Source and Reference Attributes

Evidence Source

Data is available on: stats.oecd.org/Index.aspx?DataSetCode=HEALTH_HCQI Technical details available on:https://www.oecd.org/els/health-systems/Definitions-of-Health-Care-Quality-Outcomes.pdf

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