Family or Caregiver Input
Identifying Attributes
Care Settings
Country
Publishing Organisation
Type of Quality Indicator
IOM Quality Dimension
Setting-Specific Domain
Defining Attributes
Definition
If your family or someone else close to you wanted to talk to a doctor, did they have enough opportunity to do so? Answer options: yes definitely, yes to some extent, no, no family or friends were involved, my family or friends did not want or need information, I did not want my family or friends to talk to a doctor.
Numerator
A subset of the denominator that represents patients aged 16 and older who responded to questions regarding family/ care giver input.
Denominator
Patients aged 16 and older who responded to questions regarding family or caregiver input.
Exclusions
Anyone who was a current inpatient, anyone who attended a walk-in centre, any patients who were admitted to hospital through medical or surgical admissions units and therefore did not visit the emergency department, anyone who had a planned attendance at an outpatient clinic run within the emergency department (such as a fracture clinic), patients attending primarily to obtain contraception (for example, the morning after pill), patients who suffered a miscarriage or another form of abortive pregnancy outcome while at the hospital, and patients with a concealed pregnancy.
Use of Risk Adjustment
Risk Adjustments
Stratifications
Yes