Incidence or Number of Cases of Complications

Identifying Attributes

Care Settings

Home Care

Country

China (excludes SARs and Taiwan)

Publishing Organisation

Tang et al. (2018)

Type of Quality Indicator

Outcome

IOM Quality Dimension

Effectiveness

Setting-Specific Domain

Other Clinical

Defining Attributes

Definition

Numerator

Denominator

Exclusions

Use of Risk Adjustment

Risk Adjustments

Stratifications

Collection and Reporting Attributes

Type of Data Collection

Surveys

Data Collection Methods

Data for validation study collected using Home Care Quality Assessment Tool (HCQuAT) by trained research staff

Frequency of Data Collection

One-off

Frequency of Data Collection in Days

Reporting Methods

Reporting Frequency

Reporting Frequency in Days

Indicator Has Recommended Targets

Source and Reference Attributes

Evidence Source

Tang X, Chen X, Pang Y, et al. The development of quality indicators for home care in China. Int J Qual Health Care 2018;30(3):208-18. doi: 10.1093/intqhc/mzx202 Qin Y, Liu L, Zhu F, et al. The Construction of a Community Long-term Care Model for Home-based Elderly Individuals. Acta Med Okayama 2022;76(2):145-54. doi: 10.18926/amo/63408 Tang X, Ge S, Ma C, et al. Evaluating the Quality of Home Care in China Using the Home Care Quality Assessment Tool. Journal of Transcultural Nursing 2021;32(2):173-79

Technical Specifications

Link to Measurement Tools

Domain

Not Assigned

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

Assessed by the Australian Consortium for Aged Care Collaborators as Generally Containing Good Properties (Importance and Scientific Acceptability)

Australian Consortium for Aged Care Endorsed

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

Upload Date

23 July 2025