Postoperative Blood Poisoning (Sepsis) /100 000 Completed Hospitalisations
Identifying Attributes
Care Settings
Country
Publishing Organisation
Type of Quality Indicator
IOM Quality Dimension
Domain
Defining Attributes
Definition
Persons over the age of 15 who have undergone a surgical operation of the pelvis or upper body affected by post-operative sepsis, per 100 000 completed hospitalisations
Numerator
Number in the denominator affected by post-operative sepsis
Denominator
Persons over the age of 15 who have undergone a surgical operation of the pelvis or upper body
Exclusions
Patients who are pregnant at the time of the examination, suffering from infectious disease, whose immune defence is reduced, whose main diagnosis is sepsis, or whose treatment period lasted less than 3 days
Use of Risk Adjustment
Risk Adjustments
Stratifications
Region, the well-being services county, hospital district, whole country
Collection and Reporting Attributes
Type of Data Collection
Data Collection Methods
OECD health care quality indicators in Finland Care Registers for Health Care HILMO (THL) Data content: Institutional care, housing services and regular home-care services provided in social and health care, and outpatient surgery. The data include client identification data, age, gender, municipality of residence, length of stay, diagnostic and procedural data and data on the sending unit and place for further treatment. The data are collected at the level of individual clients/patients at the end of care periods, or at the end of each year concerning clients registered in institutions. The data are reported by service providers. Data reported in the care notifications are entered into the Care Registers for Social Welfare and Health Care. The Care Register for Health Care is completed at the end of May.
Frequency of Data Collection
Frequency of Data Collection in Days
Reporting Methods
Reported on website