Premature Mortality
Identifying Attributes
Care Settings
Country
Publishing Organisation
Type of Quality Indicator
IOM Quality Dimension
Domain
Defining Attributes
Definition
Proportion of home care recipients who died from premature causes, i.e., main cause of death is 'external' and considered potentially avoidable.
Numerator
Number of home care recipients who died and had a main cause of death that is 'external' and considered potentially avoidable.
Denominator
Number of home care recipients.
Exclusions
None
Use of Risk Adjustment
Risk Adjustments
Age, sex, number of health conditions.
Stratifications
None
Data Attributes
Type of Data Collection
Data Collection Methods
Mortality records (National Death Index).
Frequency of Data Collection
Frequency of Data Collection in Days
Reporting Methods
Published publicly annually at national level. Individualised home care provider specific reports with benchmarks provided privately (to providers with more than 20 recipients ) for South Australia only annually.
Reporting Frequency
Reporting Frequency in Days
Indicator Has Recommended Targets
Source and Reference Attributes
Evidence Source
Caughey GE, Lang CE, Bray SCE, et al. Quality and safety indicators for home care recipients in Australia: development and cross-sectional analyses. BMJ Open 2022;12(8):e063152
Technical Specifications
Registry of Senior Australians. Outcome Monitoring System Technical Specification – Premature Mortality. Version 1.0. South Australian Health and Medical Research Institute. Adelaide, Australia; May 2023, 2 pages. static1.squarespace.com/static/5b8c84fc4cde7abe6c3e7d7c/t/64816f667f9674081c84aeb8/1686204263372/7IndicatorPrematureMortalityV1+dated+28-04-2023_WEBSITE.pdf