Follow-Up Visit After Hospital Stay for Mental Illness (Within 30 Days of Discharge)
Identifying Attributes
Care Settings
Country
Publishing Organisation
Type of Quality Indicator
IOM Quality Dimension
Domain
Defining Attributes
Definition
The percentage of discharges for members 6 years of age and older who were hospitalised for treatment of selected mental health disorders (denominator) and who had an outpatient visit, an intensive outpatient encounter or partial hospitalisation with a mental health practitioner within 30 days of discharge (numerator).
Numerator
Number who had an outpatient visit, an intensive outpatient encounter or partial hospitalisation with a mental health practitioner within 30 days of discharge
Denominator
Discharges for members 6 years of age and older who were hospitalised for treatment of selected mental health disorders.
Exclusions
Exclude discharges followed by readmission or direct transfer to a non-acute inpatient care setting within the 30-day follow-up period, regardless of principal diagnosis for the readmission.
Use of Risk Adjustment
Risk Adjustments
Stratifications
Collection and Reporting Attributes
Type of Data Collection
Data Collection Methods
HEDIS Health and Drug Plans
Frequency of Data Collection
Frequency of Data Collection in Days
Reporting Methods
Reported by country on OECD. Stat stats.oecd.org/Index.aspx?QueryId=51881