Hospitalised Heart Attacks
Identifying Attributes
Care Settings
Country
Publishing Organisation
Type of Quality Indicator
IOM Quality Dimension
Domain
Defining Attributes
Definition
This indicator measures the age-standardised rate of new acute myocardial infarction (AMI) events admitted to an acute care hospital for the population age 18 and older.
Numerator
Cases that are new AMI events admitted to an acute care hospital, age 18 and older. A new event is defined as a first-ever hospitalisation for an AMI or a recurrent hospitalised AMI occurring more than 28 days after the admission for the previous event in the reference period.
Denominator
Total mid-year population age 18 and older.
Exclusions
Records with: invalid health card number, invalid code for province issuing health card number, invalid admission date, cadaveric donor or stillbirth records, AMI admissions within 28 days after the admission date of a previous AMI hospitalisation, patients with medical assistance in dying (MAID) (Discharge Disposition Code = 73).
Use of Risk Adjustment
Risk Adjustments
Direct standardisation, age-adjusted
Stratifications
By reporting level: National, Province/Territory, Region, Neighbourhood Income Quintile.
Collection and Reporting Attributes
Type of Data Collection
Data Collection Methods
Discharge Abstract Database (DAD), Human Metabolome Database (HMBD)
Frequency of Data Collection
Frequency of Data Collection in Days
Reporting Methods
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