Surgical Manipulations and Minor Surgeries
Identifying Attributes
Care Settings
Country
Publishing Organisation
Type of Quality Indicator
IOM Quality Dimension
Domain
Defining Attributes
Definition
Codes for the following activities are shown in the medical invoices at least 40 times in the year under review: Excitement of superficial wounds, surgical treatment; outpatient minor surgery (opening of a superficial abscess, opening panaritium, etc.); Outpatient dressing of a burns victim; Placement of plaster cast; Taking a biopsy (except during surgery); Puncture of the organ/cavity for diagnostic or therapeutic purposes; Catheterisation; Installation of a permanent catheter; Exchange of epithstostomy; Bladder flushing and drug delivery to the bladder (outpatient), diatermocoagulation, cryotherapy (procedure for one patient).
Numerator
Denominator
Exclusions
Use of Risk Adjustment
Risk Adjustments
Stratifications
Collection and Reporting Attributes
Type of Data Collection
Data Collection Methods
Estonian Health Insurance Fund
Frequency of Data Collection
Frequency of Data Collection in Days
Reporting Methods
Reporting Frequency
Reporting Frequency in Days
Indicator Has Recommended Targets
Source and Reference Attributes
Evidence Source
Merilind et al. Pay for performance of Estonian family doctors and impact of different practice- and patient-related characteristics on a good outcome: A quantitative assessment