Living Donor Length of Stay

Identifying Attributes

Care Settings
Hospital Care
Country
Canada
Publishing Organisation
Canadian Institute for Health Information (CIHI)
Type of Quality Indicator
Outcome
IOM Quality Dimension
Effectiveness
Domain
Service Delivery and Care Planning

Defining Attributes

Definition

The median number of days between admission and discharge for living organ donation.

Numerator

The median number of days from admission to discharge for living organ donors.

Denominator

This QI reports the median.

Exclusions

• Intervention code is A (abandoned procedure) • An intervention with a CCI code that does not begin with 2 or 3 occurred before the episode where the living donation intervention occurred; this identifies non-diagnostic interventions • Admission category for the hospitalisation is R, indicating a cadaveric donor abstract • An intervention with CCI code 1.^^.85.^^ occurred in the same episode as the living donation intervention, indicating a transplantation procedure • An intervention with CCI code 1.^^.58.^^-XX-K occurred in the same episode as the living donation intervention, indicating a deceased donation intervention • The hospitalisation has ICD-10-CA code N18, N08.3 or J96 with diagnosis type M, C, 1, 5, 6, W, X or Y, indicating a diagnosis of chronic kidney disease or respiratory failure • Admission date or time or discharge date or time is unknown

Use of Risk Adjustment
No
Risk Adjustments
Stratifications

By sex, age, organ and reporting level: National, Province/Territory.

Collection and Reporting Attributes

Type of Data Collection
Standardised clinical data
Data Collection Methods

Human Metabolome Database (HMBD)

Frequency of Data Collection
Frequency of Data Collection in Days
Reporting Methods
Reporting Frequency
Annually
Reporting Frequency in Days
365
Indicator Has Recommended Targets
No

Source and Reference Attributes

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
Yes
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