Any ED Visit
Identifying Attributes
Care Settings
Dementia Care
Country
United States of America
Publishing Organisation
Stephens et al. (2012)
Type of Quality Indicator
Outcome
IOM Quality Dimension
Effectiveness
Domain
Risks During Hospitalisation
Defining Attributes
Definition
1-year prevalence of emergency department (ED) use by nursing home (NH) residents
Numerator
Number of residents with any ED visit, which was defined as any transfer to the ED for any cause that either resulted in hospital admission or return to the NH without hospitalisation.
Denominator
Number of residents
Exclusions
Use of Risk Adjustment
No
Risk Adjustments
Stratifications
Collection and Reporting Attributes
Type of Data Collection
Administrative data
Data Collection Methods
CMS Beneficiary Summary File, Minimum Data Set (MDS), Medical Provider Analysis and Review File and Outpatient Standard Analytic Files,
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
Stephens, C. E., Newcomer, R., Blegen, M., Miller, B., & Harrington, C. (2012). Emergency department use by nursing home residents: effect of severity of cognitive impairment. The Gerontologist, 52(3), 383-393.
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
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Date Modified 02 December 2025