Fall Mortality
Identifying Attributes
Care Settings
Hospital Care
Country
England
Publishing Organisation
National Health Service (NHS) England: Clinical Commissioning Group Outcomes Indicator Set
Type of Quality Indicator
Outcome
IOM Quality Dimension
Safety
Domain
Mortality
Defining Attributes
Definition
Mortality from accidental falls
Numerator
Deaths from accidental falls, classified by underlying cause of death, registered in the respective calendar year.
Denominator
Total number of cases and directly standardised ratio (DSR) are reported. DSR is calculated using mid-year population estimates from census data.
Exclusions
None
Use of Risk Adjustment
Yes
Risk Adjustments
Directly standardised rate, all ages, annual trend
Stratifications
Location, sex
Collection and Reporting Attributes
Type of Data Collection
Administrative data
Data Collection Methods
Office for National Statistics Mortality Data
Frequency of Data Collection
Annually
Frequency of Data Collection in Days
365
Reporting Methods
NHS Digital
Reporting Frequency
Annually (1995-2020)
Reporting Frequency in Days
365
Indicator Has Recommended Targets
No
Source and Reference Attributes
Evidence Source
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
Can the Quality Indicator be Readily Implemented at a Population Level in Australia Given its Current Data Landscape?
Implementation of this quality indicator was not assessed.
Identified by PHARMA-Care Project
No
Upload Date
31 March 2026
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Date Modified 08 April 2026