Follow-Up After Emergency Department Visit for Substance Use
Identifying Attributes
Care Settings
Country
Publishing Organisation
Type of Quality Indicator
IOM Quality Dimension
Domain
Defining Attributes
Definition
Assesses emergency department (ED) visits for members 13 years of age and older with a principal diagnosis of substance use disorder (SUD), or any diagnosis of drug overdose, who had a follow up visit for SUD. Two rates are reported: ED visits for which the member received follow-up within 30 days of the ED visit (31 total days). ED visits for which the member received follow-up within 7 days of the ED visit (8 total days).
Numerator
Denominator
Exclusions
Use of Risk Adjustment
Risk Adjustments
None
Stratifications
By time from ED visit (7 or 30 days) and organisation (commercial HMO, commercial PPO, Medicaid HMO, Medicare HMO, Medicare PPO).
Collection and Reporting Attributes
Type of Data Collection
Data Collection Methods
Healthcare Effectiveness Data and Information Set (HEDIS)
Frequency of Data Collection
Frequency of Data Collection in Days
Reporting Methods
HEDIS measures are reported on by the NCQA in a variety of specialised annual reports, but may also be utilised and reported on by other organisations with permission from NCQA.