Hospitalised Hip Fracture Event
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 hip fractures admitted to an acute care hospital, per 100,000 population age 65 and older.
Numerator
Total number of new hip fracture events for persons age 65 and older.
Denominator
Total mid-year population age 65 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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