Median Time From Organ Transplantation to Hospital Discharge

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 organ transplantation and discharge of the transplant recipient.

Numerator

The median number of days from organ transplantation to discharge of the transplant recipient.

Denominator

This QI reports the median.

Exclusions

Hospitalisations with an invalid discharge date. For organs other than kidneys and livers, the first transplantation procedure in the hospitalisation was an organ retransplantation: CORR: Graft number is greater than 1 or, HMDB: A previous transplantation of the same organ had occurred in the same patient since 2013. Invalid health card number or code for province issuing health card number. Hospitalisations where the first transplantation procedure that occurred involved transplantation of multiple organs, aside from a kidney–liver or kidney–pancreas transplant (transplants that involve additional organs to a kidney–liver or kidney–pancreas transplant are excluded).

Use of Risk Adjustment
No
Risk Adjustments
Stratifications

By sex, age, organ, donor type, diagnosis category, neighbourhood income quintile of patient residence, patient urban, rural or remote residence and reporting level: National, Province/Territory.

Collection and Reporting Attributes

Type of Data Collection
Standardised clinical data
Data Collection Methods

Hospital Morbidity Database (HMDB), Canadian Organ Replacement Register (CORR)

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