GP Encounter Within 7 Days After Hospital Discharge
Identifying Attributes
Care Settings
Country
Publishing Organisation
Type of Quality Indicator
IOM Quality Dimension
Domain
Defining Attributes
Definition
Proportion of hospital discharges of older patients (≥65 years old) that were followed by a general practitioner (GP) encounter within 1 week.
Numerator
Number of hospitalisations for older patients (≥65 years old), alive 1 week after discharge, without new hospital admission in the week following the discharge, and with at least one GP consultation within 1 week (7 days) following the hospital discharge.
Denominator
Number of hospitalisations for older patients (≥65 years old), alive 1 week after discharge and without new hospital admission in the week following the discharge.
Exclusions
Persons registered in a community health centre: individuals with a registration of nomenclature code 109616 at any point throughout the year were considered to be enrolled in a community health centre. Stays with a duration of less than 24 hours (minimum length of stay). Stays that, within 1 week after discharge, were followed by death or readmission. Stays which are still ongoing for the period of analysis. Stays for patients younger than 65 years old in the year of the hospital discharge.
Use of Risk Adjustment
Risk Adjustments
Stratifications
By gender, age group in years (65-69, 70-74, 75-79, 80-84, 85-90, ≥90), long-term care, reimbursement (yes/no), region, province and encounter type (in-person, online).
Collection and Reporting Attributes
Type of Data Collection
Data Collection Methods
IMA-AIM data set