Complication of Diabetes Hospital Admissions in Adults
Identifying Attributes
Care Settings
Country
Publishing Organisation
Type of Quality Indicator
IOM Quality Dimension
Domain
Defining Attributes
Definition
Number of hospital admissions for uncontrolled (or complication of) diabetes in people aged 15 years and over, per 100 000 population.
Numerator
All non-maternal/non-neonatal hospital admissions with principal diagnosis code of: • Uncontrolled diabetes • Diabetes Short-term complication (i.e. ketoacidosis, hyperosmolarity) • Long-term complication (i.e. renal, eye; neurological, circulatory, or complication not otherwise specified)
Denominator
Population count 15+ (mean January t - January t+1).
Exclusions
Non-residents and cases died in hospital; transferred from another institution; with MDC 14 (pregnancy, childbirth and puerperium) or with a specified pregnancy, childbirth and puerperium code in any field; or that are same day/day only admissions. It should be noted that previously (2009-2012), cases with MDC 15 (newborn and other neonates) were also excluded.
Use of Risk Adjustment
Risk Adjustments
Age-sex standardised
Stratifications
By patient region and district.
Data Attributes
Type of Data Collection
Data Collection Methods
RHM-MZG (hospital administrative discharge data)
Frequency of Data Collection
Frequency of Data Collection in Days
Reporting Methods
Performance of the Belgian Health System annual report