Hospital Food Meeting Dietary Needs or Requirements
Identifying Attributes
Care Settings
Country
Publishing Organisation
Type of Quality Indicator
IOM Quality Dimension
Domain
Defining Attributes
Definition
The average response to the survey question: Were you offered food that met any dietary needs or requirements you had? This could include religious, medical, or allergy requirements, vegetarian/vegan options, or different food formats such as liquefied or pureed food.
Numerator
The sum of all answers (corresponding scores) to the survey question: Yes, always (10); Yes, sometimes (5); No (0).
Denominator
Total number of responses to the survey question.
Exclusions
Response options "I did not have any dietary needs or requirements", "I was fed through tube feeding" and "I did not have any hospital food" were excluded from calculations.
Use of Risk Adjustment
Risk Adjustments
Standardised for age and admission type.
Stratifications
By hospital, hospital group and nationally.
Collection and Reporting Attributes
Type of Data Collection
Data Collection Methods
National Inpatient Experience Survey
Frequency of Data Collection
Frequency of Data Collection in Days
Reporting Methods
Yearly report and interactive dashboard