Complications in Surgical and Other Medical Care

Identifying Attributes

Care Settings
Hospital Care
Country
Finland
Publishing Organisation
The National Institute for Health and Welfare, Sotkanet
Type of Quality Indicator
Outcome
IOM Quality Dimension
Safety
Domain
Complications and Adverse Events

Defining Attributes

Definition

Percentage of complications from other medical inpatient care compared to all treatment periods.

Numerator

Number of complications from other medical inpatient care

Denominator

Number of all treatment periods.

Exclusions
Use of Risk Adjustment
No
Risk Adjustments
Stratifications

Reported by gender, Municipality, sub-region, region, the well-being services county, hospital district, area for the regional state administrative agency, major region, university hospital special responsibility area, Mainland Finland/Åland, whole country

Collection and Reporting Attributes

Type of Data Collection
Administrative data
Data Collection Methods

The statistics on specialised health care are based on care notifications submitted by health care units and retrieved on the basis of the unique personal identity number. Care notifications contain data on service provider and patient's municipality of residence as well as information on admission, treatment, procedures and discharge. For psychiatric patients, the data also include additional data on psychiatric specialties, including data on drug therapies, coercive measures and psychiatric evaluations. Also, a count is taken of patients in hospital wards on the last day of the year.

The National Institute for Health and Welfare collects care notifications (Hilmo data) from health service providers concerning concluded periods of inpatient health care and outpatient visits. The statistics on specialised health care include data on all municipalities, joint municipal authorities, state hospitals and largest private hospitals. In its current form, the data collection on inpatient health care started in 1994. Data on specialised outpatient care in the public sector have been collected since 1998, but the figures are comparable only from 2006 onwards.

Frequency of Data Collection
Annually
Frequency of Data Collection in Days
365
Reporting Methods

Statistical publications by the Institute for Health and Welfare

Reporting Frequency
Annually
Reporting Frequency in Days
365
Indicator Has Recommended Targets
No

Source and Reference Attributes

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