Ability to Receive Attention
Identifying Attributes
Care Settings
Country
Publishing Organisation
Type of Quality Indicator
IOM Quality Dimension
Domain
Defining Attributes
Definition
If you needed attention, were you able to get a member of medical or nursing staff to help you? Answer options: yes always, yes sometimes, no I could not find a member of staff to help me, a member of staff was with me all the time, I did not need attention.
Numerator
A subset of the denominator that represents patients aged 16 and older who responded to questions regarding ability to receive attention.
Denominator
Patients aged 16 and older who responded to questions regarding ability to receive attention.
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