Involvement in Care
Identifying Attributes
Care Settings
Country
Publishing Organisation
Type of Quality Indicator
IOM Quality Dimension
Setting-Specific Domain
Defining Attributes
Definition
Were you involved as much as you wanted to be in decisions about your care and treatment? Answer options: yes definitely, yes to some extent, no, I was not well enough to be involved in decisions about my care.
Numerator
A subset of the denominator that represents patients aged 16 and older who responded to questions regarding involvement in care within the emergency department.
Denominator
Patients aged 16 and older who responded to questions regarding involvement in care within an emergency department setting.
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.