Access to Specialist Inpatient Bed Within Seven Days During the Reporting Year
Identifying Attributes
Care Settings
Country
Publishing Organisation
Type of Quality Indicator
IOM Quality Dimension
Domain
Defining Attributes
Definition
To determine the percentage of patients accessing specialist palliative care inpatient beds within seven days. This is the calculation of the number of patients who were admitted to a specialist palliative care inpatient bed within seven days of receipt of referral expressed as a percentage of the total number of patients admitted in the reporting month.
Numerator
A count of the number of patients admitted to a specialist inpatient bed within seven days of assessment/request for transfer and expressed as a proportion of the overall number of patients admitted to specialist inpatient beds in the reporting period and multiply by 100
Denominator
The overall number of patients admitted to specialist inpatient beds in the reporting period
Exclusions
Use of Risk Adjustment
Risk Adjustments
None
Stratifications
Reporting is aggregated at the national, Community Healthcare Organisation (CHO), Local Health Office (LHO) and institution level.
Data Attributes
Type of Data Collection
Data Collection Methods
Data collected to support these indicators are a combination of collecting primary data and data from national data collectors in the LHOS/CHOs. Data is sourced by the specialist palliative care units who forward to their Community Healthcare Organisation (CHO). The CHO submits the validated data to the Business Information Unit (BIU) Community Healthcare Team Data on a monthly basis via excel. The activity data reported is based on Performance Activity and Key Performance Indicators outlined in the National Service Plan 2022 and the HSE Operational Plans 2022. The Performance Report is overseen by the National Planning Oversight Group (NPOG), led by the Chief Operations Officer on behalf of the CEO. NPOG monitors performance against planned activity, as outlined in the National Service Plan, and highlights areas for improvement. A Management Data Report is also produced each month which provides more detailed data on the Metrics covered in the Performance Report.
Frequency of Data Collection
Frequency of Data Collection in Days
Reporting Methods
Public reporting
Reporting Frequency
Reporting Frequency in Days
Indicator Has Recommended Targets
Source and Reference Attributes
Technical Specifications
Unable to locate full specifications. Some details are available here: www.hse.ie/eng/services/publications/kpis/2024-palliative-care-services-nsp-metadata.pdf