Total Days Stayed for Mental Health and Substance Use Disorder Hospitalisations

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
Mental Health

Defining Attributes

Definition

Total days stayed, percentage of days stayed, average days stayed, 0.5% trimmed average, median, 25th and 75th percentiles, and crude and age-standardised rate of days stayed, for mental health and substance use disorder hospitalisations, by Canada and province/territory.

Numerator

Total days stayed for discharges in Canada for mental health and substance use disorders as the primary diagnosis and/or diagnosis category.

Denominator

Counts, percentages, means, medians, 25th and 75th percentiles, rates: Total days stayed. Crude rates: Total mid-year population

Exclusions

Records pertaining to newborns, stillbirths and cadaveric donors. Records from OMHRS and from specialty psychiatric facilities that submit to the DAD that are classified as non–mental health disorders and that are not otherwise classified. Records with age = missing from all contributing data sources. Records with recorded sex or gender = other or missing from all contributing data sources.

Use of Risk Adjustment
Yes
Risk Adjustments

Direct standardisation, age-adjusted

Stratifications

By age group, recorded sex or gender, hospital type and diagnosis category and selected subcategory.

Collection and Reporting Attributes

Type of Data Collection
Standardised clinical data
Data Collection Methods

Discharge Abstract Database (DAD), Hospital Morbidity Database (HMDB), Ontario Mental Health Reporting System (OMHRS), Statistics Canada

Frequency of Data Collection
Annually
Frequency of Data Collection in Days
365
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